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I was hoping to buy a new GPU this year. I guess it's not happening...

• paxys 6y ago
  Bitcoin mining has been happening all on custom hardware for a long time now.
  • bdcravens 6y ago
    Yes, but the altcoins that are GPU-mineable are easily converted to BTC, and the price trends tend to correlate with BTC's.
    • twox2 6y ago
      What are some gpu mineable alts that are profitable?
      • bitcharmer 6y ago
        Ethereum? https://www.techpowerup.com/276554/ethereum-mining-farm-with-78-rtx-3080-graphics-cards-spotted https://www.techpowerup.com/276554/ethereum-mining-farm-with...
      • imtringued 6y ago
        If you can get cheap electricity you can probably mine anything GPU based.
  • pixelpoet 6y ago
    And somehow proof of stake always remains fully outside of the discussion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_of_stake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_of_stake tl;dr More forward-looking coins, like Ethereum, will get rid of the energy intensive mining via a completely different consensus mechanism.