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The funny thing is that a few years ago, I bought a mining ASIC box at a thrift shop for like $10. I realized there was nothing useful in it; the fans were all
by hakfoo 5y ago
The funny thing is that a few years ago, I bought a mining ASIC box at a thrift shop for like $10. I realized there was nothing useful in it; the fans were all gunky and the enclosure couldn't be put to much use.
I suspect there's a huge churn of "we bought nth-generation kit, the old n-1 generation stuff is worthless scrap silicon" in that sector, especially with things like BTC-specific ASICs that won't do well on newer hash lagorithms.
- tenuousemphasis 5y agoThat was more true in the earlier days of mining ASICs, as the companies developing them were new and had a long way to catch up to modern processes. Now mining ASICs have essentially caught up to modern processes and development is happening much more slowly.