In reply to Suresh.

Hi Suresh. Thank you for your comment. As you had alluded to, blockchain, is a global ledger for transactions so, it isn’t really something that can exists on an endpoint. And so, if the question posed here is more about whether it makes sense to carry out malicious crypto mining using a single endpoint, chances are the endpoint will be on its knees (before you know it). Taking a single standalone system simply is not an effective way to make (crypto mining) money, considering the impact on electricity usage and so on. As I had mentioned, crypto miners realize that making their illicit activity worthwhile is through pool-based mining. For more in-depth information about this topic, please check this blog from Cisco Talos <https://blog.talosintelligence.com/2018/01/malicious-xmr-mining.html>. But if your question is about whether illicit crypto mining can really take out a device, there were reports wherein malware had been found pushing infected devices to the limit for mining Monero tokens until they blow up.