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bdcravensyesterday at 3:12 PM0 repliesview on HN

> if you do not run your gpus

Bitcoin hasn't been viably mineable on GPUs for over ten years. It requires specialized hardware.

As such, mining is typically restricted to those with massive capital investment in a single-purpose, so you really won't see random offloading and onloading of that capacity. As long as it's marginally profitable (with capital investment being a sunk cost, this is the price where it's more than ongoing costs), those miners will keep their machines running.