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www-tomshardware-com-6676		Hard Drive and SSD Shortages Could Be Imminent If New Cryptocurrency Blooms | Tom's Hardware			.html	text/html	1001	137	83	Hard Drive and SSD Shortages Could Be Imminent If New Cryptocurrency Blooms | Tom's Hardware Hard Drive and SSD Shortages Could Be Imminent If New Cryptocurrency Blooms With the emergence of the Chia Coin cryptocurrency, miners in China are reportedly frantically snatching up every hard drive and SSD they can find. Instead, you farm Chia with storage space, which is where hard drives or SSDs come in. Chia isn't officially available for trading yet, therefore, it's too early to start hoarding hard drives or SSDs. Unlike Bitcoin, which is based on proof of work, Chia utilizes a proof of space and time model. The basis behind Chia is that hard drives and SSDs use less power, are easier to come by and cheaper to purchase. According to HKEPC's report, miners are mass purchasing hard drives that span from 4TB to 18TB in capacity.	./cache/www-tomshardware-com-6676.html	./txt/www-tomshardware-com-6676.txt