You may already be aware that now in Russia the prices for large-volume hard drives and SSDs are growing rapidly, and people rush to computer stores, in a hurry buying components for new computers. The reason for this hype is the new cryptocurrency Chia, which requires large HDDs and wear-resistant SSDs to mine.
Chia offers a green mining model that doesn’t require colossal energy costs and reduce greenhouse emissions, as a large number of power plants still run on fossil fuels.
For a better understanding of everything related to this cryptocurrency, here is a transcript of my conversation with the Chia miner, which took place on the evening of April 21, 2021. I act as an SSD seller, and a miner as a repeat buyer, who comes-out during the conversation. During this conversation, I learned a lot about Chia.
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