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Re:Valve Steam Deck by sbierwagen on Thursday July 15, 2021 @07:03PM (#27851132)
For what coins is PC hardware competitive with ASIC?
Re:Valve Steam Deck by Fabricio20 on Thursday July 15, 2021 @10:28PM (#27852482)
Ethereum, because there are not ASICs for it. See the news about recent crackdowns on mining in China, that's where all the GPUs were at, mining Ethereum.
Re:Valve Steam Deck by baby on Friday July 16, 2021 @02:45AM (#27853600)
Ethereum is moving away from proof of work
Re:Valve Steam Deck by eggsome on Friday July 16, 2021 @06:31AM (#27854777)
While this is true they are taking their time. Here is an article from 2017 that suggests they will have finished the transition to proof of stake by 2018:

https://www.crypto-news.net/what-does-ethereums-proof-of-sta...

Re:Valve Steam Deck by mywittyname on Friday July 16, 2021 @11:42AM (#27857465)
I'm just making up hypothetical my friend. I can't really predict what these might be useful for as an alternative to gaming, but the world is full of bright people who exploit any opportunity.