Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Chia is in the headlines for all the right and wrong reasons right now, with the storage-focused cryptocurrency created by BitTorrent creator Bram Cohen ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Chia cryptocurrency blew into the scene weeks ago, melting storage and eating up SSD supplies worldwide -- but just how much storage has Chia eaten through ...

Cryptocurrency mining has been a bane on gamers hoping to score a graphics card at fair market value, but just wait until the storage market dries up, too. Perhaps (hopefully) it will not happen. It ...

Cryptocurrencies have not only changed the way some see and exchange money, it has also changed how some companies make and sell computer components. By moving money to the purely digital realm, ...

If you want to kill a midrange or low-end consumer SSD, or even the wrong high-end models, for that matter, mine Chia on it. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window ...

I don't see how Chia will be sustainable long-term. There's no way to create plots without actively destroying hardware. It's not like GPU mining where the act of mining is less abusive on the ...

PNY was recently caught cutting down SSD write endurances in order to deter Chia crypto-coin miners. However, it seems the firm has figured that this will also affect normal users as well who won't be ...

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