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On 12/09/2022 12.28, Dan Purgert wrote:
> Aragorn wrote:
>> On 09.09.2022 at 11:34, Dan Purgert scribbled:
> 
>>> CUDA is nVidia's GPU tech.  Used a lot in heavy math / supercomputing
>>> applications as I recall (and, of course, gaming).
> 
>> Nowadays, it's SPECIFICALLY being used for cryptocurrency mining.  And
>> Nvidia has now even begun developing GPUs which specialize in that.
> 
> Yeah, but GPUs for crypto are so 2010.  Thought it all moved over to
> ASICs for that?

Depends on the crypto you are mining, there are some which has 
intentionally made it difficult to use ASICs. Changes in the cyrpto 
chain could cause that the ASIC you have to be outdated and needs to be 
replaces with new hardware.

-- 

  //Aho