A computing system comprising: a remote network management platform comprising a database that is associated with a managed network; and a proxy server hosting a proxy server application, which proxy server is disposed within the managed network, wherein the proxy server application is controlled by the remote network management platform, and wherein the proxy server application is configured to: provide, to a computing device disposed within the managed network, one or more instructions to identify one or more applications executing on the computing device; and characterized in that the proxy server application is configured to: determine, for an application of the one or more applications that were identified, a command string used to invoke the application to execute on the computing device; compare the command string to a plurality of identifiers indicative of blockchain-based mining; determine that the command string includes an identifier from the plurality of identifiers indicative of blockchain-based mining; and based on determining that the command string includes the identifier, store, in the database, an indication that the application is associated with blockchain-based mining, wherein the proxy server application is further configured to: based on determining that the command string includes the identifier, provide, to the computing device, one or more instructions to take a measurement of processor utilization of the computing device; and store, in the database, with the indication that the application is associated with blockchain-based mining, the measurement of the processor utilization. a remote network management platform comprising a database that is associated with a managed network; and a proxy server hosting a proxy server application, which proxy server is disposed within the managed network, wherein the proxy server application is controlled by the remote network management platform, and wherein the proxy server application is configured to: provide, to a computing device disposed within the managed network, one or more instructions to identify one or more applications executing on the computing device; and characterized in that the proxy server application is configured to: determine, for an application of the one or more applications that were identified, a command string used to invoke the application to execute on the computing device; compare the command string to a plurality of identifiers indicative of blockchain-based mining; determine that the command string includes an identifier from the plurality of identifiers indicative of blockchain-based mining; and based on determining that the command string includes the identifier, store, in the database, an indication that the application is associated with blockchain-based mining, determine, for an application of the one or more applications that were identified, a command string used to invoke the application to execute on the computing device; compare the command string to a plurality of identifiers indicative of blockchain-based mining; determine that the command string includes an identifier from the plurality of identifiers indicative of blockchain-based mining; and based on determining that the command string includes the identifier, store, in the database, an indication that the application is associated with blockchain-based mining, wherein the proxy server application is further configured to: based on determining that the command string includes the identifier, provide, to the computing device, one or more instructions to take a measurement of processor utilization of the computing device; and store, in the database, with the indication that the application is associated with blockchain-based mining, the measurement of the processor utilization. based on determining that the command string includes the identifier, provide, to the computing device, one or more instructions to take a measurement of processor utilization of the computing device; and store, in the database, with the indication that the application is associated with blockchain-based mining, the measurement of the processor utilization.