Bitcoin plunges 12%, reaching lowest value in a year (arstechnica.com) 29 points by RobertSmith 7y ago ↗ HN
[–] Simon_says 7y ago ↗ Thank God; I'm trying to buy a graphics card. [–] eudora 7y ago ↗ Planning on mining some bitcoin are ya? :) [–] AboutTheWhisles 7y ago ↗ You can't profitably mine bitcoin with a graphics card [–] tinus_hn 7y ago ↗ Then why are miners buying so many graphics cards that the price is going through the roof? [–] jraedisch 7y ago ↗ They are mining (more) ASIC resistant tokens like Ethereum. [–] fgonzag 7y ago ↗ Not for mining BTC, I can tell you that.BTC != Crypto currency [–] hsienmaneja 7y ago ↗ It’s likely the commenter would like the used market to be flooded with supply, driving prices down in order to buy cheap and still have a budget for the kung fu grip gpu.
[–] eudora 7y ago ↗ Planning on mining some bitcoin are ya? :) [–] AboutTheWhisles 7y ago ↗ You can't profitably mine bitcoin with a graphics card [–] tinus_hn 7y ago ↗ Then why are miners buying so many graphics cards that the price is going through the roof? [–] jraedisch 7y ago ↗ They are mining (more) ASIC resistant tokens like Ethereum. [–] fgonzag 7y ago ↗ Not for mining BTC, I can tell you that.BTC != Crypto currency [–] hsienmaneja 7y ago ↗ It’s likely the commenter would like the used market to be flooded with supply, driving prices down in order to buy cheap and still have a budget for the kung fu grip gpu.
[–] AboutTheWhisles 7y ago ↗ You can't profitably mine bitcoin with a graphics card [–] tinus_hn 7y ago ↗ Then why are miners buying so many graphics cards that the price is going through the roof? [–] jraedisch 7y ago ↗ They are mining (more) ASIC resistant tokens like Ethereum. [–] fgonzag 7y ago ↗ Not for mining BTC, I can tell you that.BTC != Crypto currency
[–] tinus_hn 7y ago ↗ Then why are miners buying so many graphics cards that the price is going through the roof? [–] jraedisch 7y ago ↗ They are mining (more) ASIC resistant tokens like Ethereum. [–] fgonzag 7y ago ↗ Not for mining BTC, I can tell you that.BTC != Crypto currency
[–] hsienmaneja 7y ago ↗ It’s likely the commenter would like the used market to be flooded with supply, driving prices down in order to buy cheap and still have a budget for the kung fu grip gpu.
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