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Everywhere I look lately, it seems like things are not available (or if they are, for a bit of a markup—I needed a spare 8 TB hard drive, and the price is up ab
by geerlingguy 5y ago
Everywhere I look lately, it seems like things are not available (or if they are, for a bit of a markup—I needed a spare 8 TB hard drive, and the price is up about 30% from a couple months ago!).
I hope this current component shortage and crypto bull market both end soon.
- 3np 5y agoYup, same. I really don't think the crypto mining/chia are as much to blame as people make it out to be here, though. For GPUs it's absolutely been a major factor, but the general component shortage combined with supply chain issues caused by the pandemic are more likely the cause I think. Maybe specifically for SBCs and NUCs, I can be wrong and people running their own nodes are actually making a difference. I doubt it, since manufacturers and vendors are all citing shortage upstream rather than increased demand, but if that's the case I think That's Just A Good Thing, setting the stage for more digital independence and decentralization in general.