How badly is cryptocurrency worsening the chip shortage?

Re:How badly is cryptocurrency worsening the chip shortage? by ohgodplsno on Friday November 12, 2021 @11:53AM (#29201490)

> Well, from the perspective of Ethereum, they will, since Ethereum will no longer be PoW...

Children develop object permanence by the age of two. How long does it take for cryptobros to develop GPU permanence ? You closing your eyes doesn't make the problem go away.

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Re:How badly is cryptocurrency worsening the chip shortage? by capableweb on Friday November 12, 2021 @11:55AM (#29201519)

But the GPUs already exists, what solution do you imagine that involves the said GPUs to not be used anymore? Even if you sell them to normal consumers, the GPUs will be used, one way or another.

Are you suggesting we should destroy the GPUs that were previously used for Eth mining?

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Re:How badly is cryptocurrency worsening the chip shortage? by gjulianm on Friday November 12, 2021 @12:04PM (#29201655)

I think the point is that the miners already have the GPUs, they will probably switch their operations to mining other coins/forks instead of just giving up on everything.

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