> When the self mining craze somewhat waned It didn't wane, it was decimated when ETH switched to PoS, and off of GPU mining entirely. All of the other mined

> When the self mining craze somewhat waned It didn't wane, it was decimated when ETH switched to PoS, and off of GPU mining entirely. All of the other mined coins dropped in value as miners moved to them and dumped all their rewards, making mining those coins unprofitable as well. It was ETH that was propping up the entire GPU mining ecosystem.