# Viral Story About Mining Ethereum On PlayStation 5 Was A Joke By Coinness Canonical URL: https://www.tokenpost.com/news/investing/7065 Published: 2021-03-02T09:46:04.000Z Updated: 2021-03-02T09:46:04.000Z Section: Investing > The viral story about an enthusiast mining the Ethereum cryptocurrency on PlayStation 5 has been debunked. The viral story about an enthusiast mining the Ethereum cryptocurrency on PlayStation 5 has been debunked. On March 1, Gizchina and a slew of other media reported on how the popular console was hijacked to mine Ether with a hashrate of 98.76 MH/s, according to a screenshot that was making the rounds online. [Coinness]() ## Links in this article - [Coinness](https://coinness.com)