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"The soaring demand for mining hardware may disrupt global semiconductor supply chains." May? Have you seen graphic card prices lately? Even really old cards a

• disruptalot 5y ago
  Using graphic cards to mine bitcoin became unprofitable about 10 years ago. The graphic card shortage can be linked to other cryptocurrencies.
  • BLKNSLVR 5y ago
    Primarily Ethereum, which will hopefully be migrating away from proof of work (mining) in late 2021 / early 2022, so hopefully there will be an abundance of cheap second hand options (which will admittedly have lead hard lives), but also dramatically reduce the demand for new cards.
    • Wingy 5y ago
      Graphics cards used for mining are generally maintained better than ones used for gaming because they are often undervolted and kept at 100% instead of cycling on/off. > In some cases, steady GPU mining can be safer than gaming. When mining with a GPU, the load is evenly distributed over time; therefore, there are no thermal spikes and sudden drops that could damage the GPU. https://www.nicehash.com/blog/post/can-mining-damage-my-gpu-or-a-pc https://www.nicehash.com/blog/post/can-mining-damage-my-gpu-... Keep in mind that NiceHash is a GPU mining pool
    • tgsovlerkhgsel 5y ago
      The Ethereum merge is now scheduled for "Q1/Q2", so I think even "early 2022" is extremely optimistic and 2021 is right out.