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Re:Thoughts on a “HDD shortage” from an industry insider by spuz on Saturday May 01, 2021 @06:09PM (#27010338)
There was a period between about 2011 and 2014 when the fastest way to mine bitcoin was on a GPU and it did cause a shortage in cards:

https://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/12/11/amds-graph...

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Re:Thoughts on a “HDD shortage” from an industry insider by ClumsyPilot on Sunday May 02, 2021 @07:15AM (#27014176)
Ah yes, those days, I mined two bitcoins and sold them for $100, then got bored...
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