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Chinese flock to new cryptocurrency resulting in HDD shortages and price surges

8 pointsby velmuabout 4 years ago

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milesabout 4 years ago
The article is about Chia[0], the cryptocurrency created by Bram Cohen of BitTorrent fame.<p>It has a large pre-mine (aka pre-farm):<p>&gt; It will take 21 years for the rest of the world to mine as much of the Chia (XCH) cryptocurrency as the company behind it will have on the day its mainnet launches next month. [1]<p>&gt; The size of the pre-mine is one notable revelation from the paper, in which Chia also announced its mainnet will launch on March 17 or earlier. Farmers (the network’s equivalent of bitcoin miners) will be able to begin farming immediately. The network’s cache of pre-mined XCH, however, will be governed using a traditional format: Chia plans to take its company public. [2]<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.chia.net" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.chia.net</a><p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.coindesk.com&#x2F;5-takeaways-from-chia-networks-new-white-paper" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.coindesk.com&#x2F;5-takeaways-from-chia-networks-new-...</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nasdaq.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;5-takeaways-from-chia-networks-new-white-paper-2021-02-12" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nasdaq.com&#x2F;articles&#x2F;5-takeaways-from-chia-networ...</a>