> Thankfully the coin seems to have collapsed completely since May 2021
That doesn't appear to be the case:
https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/chia
Currently rank #257 with a market cap of $247 million.
The whole altcoin market has been in limbo/declining since May last year.
Last update was also yesterday: https://www.chia.net/2022/01/10/understanding-the-changes-in...
> The Chia Network was founded in 2017 by American computer programmer Bram Cohen, the author of the BitTorrent protocol.[4] In China stockpiling ahead of the May 2021 launch led to shortages and an increase in the price of hard disk drives (HDD) and solid-state drives (SSD).[5] Shortages were also reported in Vietnam.[6] Phison, a Taiwanese electronics manufacturing company, estimated that SSD prices will rise by 10% in 2021 as a result of Chia.[7] Hard drive manufacturer Seagate said in May 2021 that the company was experiencing strong orders and that staff were working to "adjust to market demand".[6] In May 2021 Gene Hoffman, the president of Chia Network, admitted that "we’ve kind of destroyed the short-term supply chain" for hard disks.[8] Concerns have also been raised about the mining process also potentially being harmful to drives' lifetime.[9]
Thankfully the coin seems to have collapsed completely since May 2021 (https://www.coinbase.com/price/chia-network)
But you can see why people are skeptical