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Re:Archivists Are Trying to Make Sure a ‘Pirate Bay of Scien... by tmabraham on Sunday May 09, 2021 @02:13AM (#27093665)
overall electronics supply chain issues, and I heard something about cryptocurrency mining also being involved with supply issues for hard drives.
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Re:Archivists Are Trying to Make Sure a ‘Pirate Bay of Scien... by IncRnd on Sunday May 09, 2021 @08:51AM (#27095555)
Yep. Chia coin has made many of these hard drives get purchased.
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