• The Merge

    From Oli@21:3/102 to All on Friday, September 16, 2022 10:01:11
    Finally some good news from the block clowns:

    'Ethereum completes the "Merge," which ends mining and cuts energy use by 99.95%'

    https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/09/ethereum-completes-the-merge-which-ends-mining-and-cuts-energy-use-by-99-95/

    Now we have more free GPU power for gaming, browsing bloated websites and electron apps. Web3 will be the shit ;)



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  • From esc@21:4/173 to Oli on Friday, September 16, 2022 13:21:39
    'Ethereum completes the "Merge," which ends mining and cuts energy use by 99.95%'

    Man this is great. Hopefully GPU costs tumble.

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  • From SoDa7@21:1/158 to Oli on Thursday, November 24, 2022 21:01:18
    If this thing will be actually true (gotta actually inform myself more about how REALLY mining works), finally it will be the time that GPU prices becomes normal again... Well, unless scalping happens.

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  • From dotslash@21:2/152 to SoDa7 on Monday, December 05, 2022 02:46:45
    SoDa7 wrote to Oli <=-

    If this thing will be actually true (gotta actually inform myself more about how REALLY mining works), finally it will be the time that GPU prices becomes normal again... Well, unless scalping happens.

    You can bet your last penny scalping will happen. It's like death and taxes these days...


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    Jan Henkins

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  • From SoDa7@21:2/146 to dotslash on Thursday, February 02, 2023 17:55:55
    You can bet your last penny scalping will happen. It's like death and taxes these days...

    Well, looks like's already happening. I also heard these cleverheads "paint" their GPUs they used to mine making they look less "used" than they are.

    Actually, it would be pretty hard now to see if an used GPU is good or not.

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