Comment by chii

Comment by chii 8 hours ago

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> that people retired their hardware in way less than 5 years.

those people are end-consumers (like gamers), and only recently, bitcoin miners.

Gamers don't care for "profit and loss" - they want performance. Bitcoin miners do need to switch if they want to keep up.

But will an AI data center do the same?

thinkmassive 7 hours ago

Mining bitcoin with a GPU hasn't been profitable in over a decade.

TingPing 7 hours ago

The rate of change is equal for all groups. The gaming market can be the most conservative since it’s just luxury.