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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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