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 ...

Chia is in the headlines for all the right and wrong reasons right now, with the storage-focused cryptocurrency created by BitTorrent creator Bram Cohen burning through HDDs and SSDs like there's no ...

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 ...

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And those are WITH the disk array controller module (one of them came with redundant modules), plus all the drive trays. It remains to be seen how Chia cryptocurrency mining will develop going forward ...

Chia is one of the newest cryptocurrencies on the blockchain, and with a current valuation of over $1,000, you might be tempted to put your mining hat on and get to work. Before you do, however, be ...

If you're a Bitcoin (BTC) mining veteran, sulking over how zillion-dollar, ASIC-based data centers have stolen the spotlight, you're probably already well into alternative coins. But maybe you've ...

PNY was recently caught cutting down SSD write endurances in order to deter Chia crypto-coin miners. However, it seems the firm has figured that this will also affect normal users as well who won't be ...

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