• I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    Bitcoin is crashing because everything is crashing. Hardware has nothing to do with it. Bitcoin hasn’t been mined with typical commercial hardware for over 5 years. They use ASIC’s whose prices have been not been heavily impacted by AI investments as they can not be used for AI purposes.

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      8 hours ago

      AI Hardware affects investments include like 600% rises in RAM in some areas which will affect node costs. Though bitcoin is probably most affected by rising utility costs, also driven by AI spending.