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Re:Nvidia cripples cryptocurrency mining on RTX 3080 and 307... by gameswithgo on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @03:48PM (#27200089)
It really isn't a load of crock. For whatever reason NVIDIA has a real interest in making gamers happy. You hear this as being a serious motivation for them even from employees not on the record. The most cynical take on it would be that they want to do this for long term growth. Which if so, is fine. An example of capitalism working.
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Re:Nvidia cripples cryptocurrency mining on RTX 3080 and 307... by Vespasian on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @05:15PM (#27201250)
Either proof-of-stake or ASICs are gonna make GPU Ether mining rather short lived.

Nvidia fears that all those customers will vanish over night.

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Re:Nvidia cripples cryptocurrency mining on RTX 3080 and 307... by dahart on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @09:44AM (#27208481)
> Nvidia fears that all those customers will vanish over night.

Exactly - and the fear seems justified since it already happened once before in 2018.

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Re:Nvidia cripples cryptocurrency mining on RTX 3080 and 307... by SXX on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @05:28PM (#27201424)
They only fears that those consumers gonna sell their used hardware which gonna cause drop demand for GPU for a long time.
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Re:Nvidia cripples cryptocurrency mining on RTX 3080 and 307... by Vespasian on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @06:01PM (#27201852)
Well if the invisible hand off the market works in favour of me for once, I'm not gonna complain
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