Cryptocurrency mining has been a bane on gamers hoping to score a graphics card at fair market value, but just wait until the storage market dries up, too. Perhaps (hopefully) it will not happen. It ...

If you want to kill a midrange or low-end consumer SSD, or even the wrong high-end models, for that matter, mine Chia on it. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window ...

I've stayed away from writing about cryptocurrency mining articles, but I had to check out Chia cryptocurrency mining when it popped up onto my radar a few months ago. After really diving into ...

If you've just splashed out on the best SSD for gaming and are looking to make a bit of extra cash by using it to mine the new Chia cryptocurrency, don't be surprised if your manufacturer refuses to ...

Chia cryptocurrency blew into the scene weeks ago, melting storage and eating up SSD supplies worldwide -- but just how much storage has Chia eaten through in the last few months? 10 exabytes. 1 ...

In brief: As if the GPU/CPU shortage wasn't enough of a headache for PC owners, it appears concerns that Chia mining would impact the storage industry were warranted. According to a new report, Adata ...

I don't see how Chia will be sustainable long-term. There's no way to create plots without actively destroying hardware. It's not like GPU mining where the act of mining is less abusive on the ...

This weekend, we brought you the news that the emerging Chia cryptocurrency is increasingly gaining in value, which has attracted an influx of new crypto miners. Chia is mined using unused space on ...

Last month HEXUS reported upon the emergence of Chia as a pioneer of the 'proof of space and time' cryptocurrency model. Miners of Chia are encouraged to create systems with many terabytes of storage ...

For the last few years, I've had a group of friends who tried to convince me to start mining Ethereum. I have access to a few gaming computers and the required GPUs to mine to make a passive income. I ...

If you have a 800GB SSD like me, you can build 3 plots at once. If you try to do that and then queue up more plots after, it starts trying to do more than 3 at the same time, filling up the SSD and ...