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Chia is a relatively new cryptocurrency that is based on a proof of storage model which differs from the more traditional cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. Chia is advertised as a greener, more environmentally-friendly cryptocurrency because the plotting process on the storage devices doesn't consume much energy when compared to traditional mining. However, the plotting process for Chia is very taxing on SSDs. Some of the best consumer SSDs can only last a few weeks before dying. Chia is best mined on an enterprise-level SSD or a hard drive. The two most important qualities in a storage device for mining Chia [are] write speed and endurance. Hard drives have great endurance, but not so great write speeds so people resort to using consumer SSDs.
With the Sabrent Plotripper and Plotripper Pro SSDs built specifically for mining the Chia coin, you can have all the advantages of using an SSD without the fear of your drive failing. Both the Plotripper features a capacity of Pro while the Plotripper Pro comes in 1TB and 2TB offerings, but the Pro features a greater endurance at 54,000 TBW for the 2TB model and 27,000 TBW for the 1TB model while the regular Plotripper has an endurance of 10,000 TBW. Compared to the popular Corsair MP600 PRO 2TB which has an endurance of 1,400 TBW, the Plotripper has 7.1 times more endurance and the Plotripper Pro 1TB has 19.2 times more endurance while the 2TB model has 38.6 times more endurance. The controller and read/write speeds, but should be rocking the Phison E18 controller which allows users to take advantage of the PCIe 4.0.
Do they use SLC NAND?
See also: Chia Coin Hits Over 1 Exabyte Storage Capacity, Storage Makers Witness Huge Increase In Sales But Fear of Global HDD & SSD Shortage Looms
Storage-based cryptocurrency Chia grows 6x in April to 1 Exabyte as SSD makers register a major bump to sales
Bittorrent Creator Bram Cohen's Crypto Project Chia Sparks Hard Drive and SSD Shortages
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 31 2021, @09:10AM (5 children)
Selling the "shovels" is a good way to make money from the miners... Even if you don't believe there's enough gold in the mine. Or you believe the "discoverers" of the mine have taken most of the gold out already: https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/n6s8er/chia_network_is_a_premined_scam/ [reddit.com]
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 31 2021, @01:51PM (3 children)
Yup.... Who got the GOLD in California in the 1850?
To name a few
Armour -- controlled water flow - became Armour Meats of today
Studebaker - made wheel barrows - became a car company
Wells & Fargo - banking
Strauss - better know as Levi Strauss - Levi's clothing
Then the second GOLD rush - land grab along the railroad that was built by Central Pacific.
Crocker - as bank
Stanford - as in college
Huntington & Hopkins - mechents from 1849... turned money back in for the next BIGGER thing.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 31 2021, @04:27PM (2 children)
Don't forget the legacy of Friedrich Trumpf [wikipedia.org], who made it rich in real estate, restaurants, hotels, brothels and gambling establishment during the Seattle and Yukon gold rushes.
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My christian buddies call this a "generational curse".
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 01 2021, @02:18PM (1 child)
An immigrant who did well. This was before welfare was instituted in the 1960s. Back then immigrants pulled their own weight, as everyone had to.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 01 2021, @06:22PM
Boy the way Glenn Miller played
Songs that made the Hit Parade
Guys like us, we had it made
Those Were The Days
(Score: 2) by Tork on Monday May 31 2021, @09:34PM
Slashdolt Logic: "25 year old jokes about sharks and lasers are +5, Funny." 💩