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Re:GPU mining no longer profitable after Ethereum merge by SkyMarshal on Friday September 16, 2022 @11:46PM (#32874587)
In addition, you need something that deliberately has no other value besides doing PoW.

Otherwise, all of that cryptocurrency's mining power could instantly abandon that cryptocurrency for the other thing if market flucations give it a higher ROI than PoW.

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Re:GPU mining no longer profitable after Ethereum merge by sebzim4500 on Saturday September 17, 2022 @10:36AM (#32877866)
>In addition, you need something that deliberately has no other value besides doing PoW.

This doesn't really exist though, since you can heat a house with a mining rig. It's no less efficient than resistive heating.

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Re:GPU mining no longer profitable after Ethereum merge by dieortin on Saturday September 17, 2022 @11:02PM (#32884032)
Technically it IS resistive heating
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