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    HDD Shortage

    A new cryptocurrency called Chia has popped up that requires large amounts of storage to mine it. HDD's and enterprise grade SSD's are already starting to get bought up. If you need storage, now might be a good time to pull the trigger


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    Re: HDD Shortage

    Thanks for the heads up.
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    Re: HDD Shortage

    Dang, another thing tied up by miners. I will get that SSD I was eyeballing.

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    Re: HDD Shortage

    Why couldn't they have designed a crypo currency that required used water bottles or used face masks?

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    Re: HDD Shortage

    Quote Originally Posted by scole of TSBT View Post
    Why couldn't they have designed a crypo currency that required used water bottles or used face masks?
    That's awesome. The whole thing about the miners buying up all the hardware is pretty lame.

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    Re: HDD Shortage

    NAS too slow?

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    Re: HDD Shortage

    Quote Originally Posted by DrPop View Post
    The whole thing about the miners buying up all the hardware is pretty lame.
    I'm waiting for bitcoin to crash. When that happens, stop and listen for all the crypo-miners puking their guts out.

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    Re: HDD Shortage

    Quote Originally Posted by scole of TSBT View Post
    NAS too slow?
    The thing about this currency is RAID is bad, which makes a NAS bad, from what i understand. And I'm sure this board is cheaper than a 32 bay NAS anyway. Individual drives are preffered.


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    Re: HDD Shortage

    A guy creates a "currency" that gives you no physical money and requires the purchase of a lot of unnecessary hard drive space. This is from a guy known for creating a file sharing program. I wonder if he has stock with hard drive manufacturers. I wonder if the hard drive space is somehow being sold to companies like Google or Facebook.

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