Ethereum cryptocurrency and its loyal crypto-miners are at an inflection point. The transition from PoW to PoS was smooth, but that has made expensive crypto mining rigs all but irrelevant.
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Ethereum finally completed "The Merge". While moving to a Proof of Stake validation will bring down energy usage, the transition has already pulled down the cryptocurrency's exchange price.
Antminer has been teasing its new E9 cryptocurrency ASIC miner for a very long time. Today, the E9 has launched, though the final official performance numbers seem to be lower than initial claims.
NebuTech's NBMiner has beaten NiceHash as it becomes the first to bring 100% LHR unlock to Linux PCs. The news follows the recent 100% LHR unlock for Windows that was released by the latter.
Nvidia's upcoming budget gaming GPU, the $249 RTX 3050, could be a great graphics card for gamers. That's because early alleged Ethereum mining numbers for the GPU suggest it is pretty poor at it.
As we enter 2022, GPU prices are showing no signs of coming down according to the latest data from German retailers. There are even months when availability improved but prices did not.
Alleged "4090TI" and "RX7000" have been spotted in a cryptocurrency mining pool farming Ethereum. These devices are capable of outputting over 2.5TH/s combined but are probably not real GPUs.
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The Radeon RX 6600 XT may be the most power-efficient Ethereum mining GPU according to a video that shows its alleged performance. The card is apparently doing 32MH/s while sipping just 55W of power.
