The CPUs are now more coveted than an RTX 4090.
    • Altima NEO@lemmy.zip
      152·
      8 months ago

      And who the hell mines on CPU? Can’t mine anything worthwhile on gpus anymore, let alone CPU.

      • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social
        4·
        8 months ago

        I wish crypto would move away from POW; every new coin still uses it, and it’s the biggest reason for all of the hate crypto currency gets. But, most coins are people with scarce programming skills, just copying Satoshi’s work, hoping that their shitcoin will get some traction and they’ll be able to cash in before it collapses.

    • GrindingGears@lemmy.ca
      81·
      8 months ago

      I’ve got a cousin who’s perpetually bankrupt. He’s super into Crypto. He’s a self-crafted crypto investment professional in fact.

      • towerful
        6·
        8 months ago

        That was all thanks to me.
        I finally dumped what i had because i came to the conclusion crypto isnt really a part of the future and doesnt do anything… Finally got round to selling it, so of course it hits a record high.

  • mihnt@lemmy.world
    161·
    8 months ago

    They are in stock on Amazon?

    Don’t see a SKU for them on microcenter’s site.

    In stock on newegg (ew) as well.

      • mihnt@lemmy.world
        13·
        8 months ago

        Were originally at the trust levels of Microcenter, they sold out to some Chinese holdings company which was around when they decided to add the “marketplace”. It’s now a shadow of it’s former self and I wouldn’t trust them to send me a pack of M&Ms, let alone expensive PC parts.

        • Revan343@lemmy.ca
          3·
          8 months ago

          Well shit, I didn’t know that. I suppose it has been about a decade since I ordered any PC parts.

      • frezik@midwest.social
        62·
        8 months ago

        They enshittified a long time ago. Got into a race to the bottom with Amazon and lost.

    • Anarch157a@lemmy.world
      8·
      8 months ago

      Not anymore. Bitcoin now requires dedicated hardware (ASICs). Other coins were designed to make use of ASICs impossible or impractical, requiring GPUs, but those still require a CPU to drive them.

      New developments, such as Ethereum moving away from proof of work to proof of stake made GPUs unnecessary, but you still need a computer with a CPU to validate the blocks on the block-chain.

      Edit: Even with ASICs mining bitcoin, you still need servers to distribute the work to them.

    • Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip
      5·
      8 months ago

      you have different methods of calculations for different types of crypto. most use gpu calculations, some may favor cpu calculations. there are a handful that do so using hard drives for instance.

    • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social
      21·
      8 months ago

      Hah. I stored mine in a password less local wallet; I honestly can’t remember if encrypted wallets were available when I got mine - at the time, Satoshi was still giving out coins for free if you emailed them. Really, really lucky choice, because I then completely forgot I had any for 10 years until they popped up in the public news. I’d been copying ~ from computer to new computer reflexively for that entire time… it was utter luck that, when I went to check, sure enough ~/.bitcoin was there, with a positive wallet balance. Not enough to retire, but enough to be able to retire a couple of years early.

      It’s encrypted now, and I unlock it every once in a while to ensure I can, but I’m otherwise still ignoring it. As an investment, it’s done far better than any other of my $ invested in the stock market, bond, IRA, or 401k… but I think as a get-rich-quick scheme, it’s been over-rated.