Uncurious3512@lemmy.world to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 hours agoSeagate's fraudulent hard drives scandal deepens as clues point at Chinese Chia mining farmswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1109arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1108arrow-down1external-linkSeagate's fraudulent hard drives scandal deepens as clues point at Chinese Chia mining farmswww.tomshardware.comUncurious3512@lemmy.world to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 12 hours agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarejqubed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·10 hours agoI’m guessing this is nothing to do with the plant that can grow on amusing terra cotta sculptures?
minus-squareHotChickenFeet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·10 hours agoProof-of-storage based cryptocurrency. The article says when it became non-profitable, the drives were reset so their smart stats would appear new, and sold them as such. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chia_Network
minus-squareOpticalMoose@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 hours agoSeems like that should be illegal, like changing the odometer on a car, but what do I know.
minus-squareshoulderoforion@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·10 hours agoI came here to say. If so this is huge.
I’m guessing this is nothing to do with the plant that can grow on amusing terra cotta sculptures?
Proof-of-storage based cryptocurrency. The article says when it became non-profitable, the drives were reset so their smart stats would appear new, and sold them as such.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chia_Network
Seems like that should be illegal, like changing the odometer on a car, but what do I know.
I came here to say. If so this is huge.