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> They artificially generated scarcity I don't think there was anything artificial about the scarcity generated by miners; the demand was genuine. Scalpers are

• thefz 4y ago
  > Are you claiming that it is somehow unsafe to use? For your wallet, yes. Do you have any information about the environment in which a card was used? Temperature, dust, air moisture were like in a home or there operated in an industrial warehouse? Fan bearing status after all these hours? Voltage applied? Stock BIOS? were they in an enclosure or in a sort of a case? Thermal paste has been changed? Ever been disassembled? I would not trust a miner's card even if it was a gift. Miners screwed the market over and now they want you to think that their used crap is such a bargain. Let them deal with their waste, don't help them.
  • TomVDB 4y ago
    I'd be more than happy to by a 3080 (or similar) for a bargain price, knowing that it has been run at lower voltages and power levels. As for waste: I very much hope it will not become waste. Why would you be advocating for that?
  • drunkendog 4y ago
    > Do you have any information about the environment in which a card was used? That would be even more true for cards owned by non-miners; most miners will operate at a large enough scale to use some best practices, which definitely isn't true about most people who buy GPUs for personal use.