The US now leads the world in Bitcoin mining following China's ban
The US accounted for more than a third of the global Bitcoin hashrate in September
Nvidia's top-of-the-line CMP cryptomining GPU is now available for $4,300
The Nvidia CMP 170HX delivers up to 164 MHps
GPU Availability and Pricing Update: October 2021
Welcome back to another month of expensive graphics cards. Unfortunately, after a brief glimpse of hope a few months back, MSRP GPUs are off the table for the rest of the year.
The US overtakes China for the first time to become the global crypto mining leader
Thanks to China's ban on crypto
Intel confirms no mining limiter for Arc Alchemist cards, can't guarantee availability
It seems Intel prefers AMD's stance over Nvidia's
New software circumvents Nvidia's LHR limiter by dual mining
Mine two coins at once -- with caveats
Bitcoin mining company buys Pennsylvania power plant to meet electricity needs
Ailing Pennsylvania powerplant becomes a crypto mining stronghold
GPU Availability and Pricing Update: September 2021
It'd be great if GPU pricing was normal and we didn't have to update you on the state of the market, but tracking GPUs is useful if you're wanting to jump the gun. Also, this month we can celebrate a rather unfortunate anniversary.
Chia miners are trying to sell potentially degraded plotting drives
Chia miners sow the seeds of discontent in the used hardware market, list degraded SSDs as "new"
Chinese court returns over 485,000 Radeon GPUs to cloud mining company
Bitcoin mining outfit is now looking to rehome half a million RX 470s
Possible AMD mining card with Navi 21 GPU spotted
Is AMD launching a rival to Nvidia's CMP line?
What is Crypto Mining?
Today, there are at least 1 million miners for Bitcoin alone. How is this all happening? What role is the miner playing? And how might this change the landscape of computing in the future?
Nvidia RTX 3000 LHR cards' limiter partially bypassed, increasing mining performance to 70%
This time it was NBMiner who bypassed the limiter, rather than Nvidia
Palit tells customers to avoid second hand graphics card used for mining
The GPU manufacturer mentions independent tests showing a mining graphics card offers 10% less performance after a year of use
The PlayStation 4 cryptomining warehouse was a FIFA bot farm
A more plausible explanation
Nuclear-powered cryptomining facilities are coming to the US
Expect an accident to create a new superhero called Bitcoin Man
3,800 PS4s found and seized from a cryptocurrency farm in Ukraine
Is that the best hardware they could find?
A 124-year old hydroelectric plant is using its power to mine Bitcoin
Because why not, right?
Fake cryptomining apps, some found on the Play Store, scam $350,000 from users
The mining apps weren't actually mining
Crypto miners in China are selling off their graphics cards amid crackdown
Another good sign for gamers
GPU prices see sharp drop in China after Sichuan authorities shut down cryptomining operations
Good news for both gamers and crypto enthusiasts
ASRock says graphics card prices are falling amid lower demand from Chinese cryptominers
Finally, some good news
700,000 graphics cards that shipped in the first quarter went to cryptominers
Helping push up their prices