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Cryptocurrency miners are renting Boeing 747s to ship graphics cards

Some 36,000 units of Ethereum is collectively mined each day. At around $200 per unit, miners are competing for $7.2 million worth of Ethereum per day. ..

"Time counts so much. We are using the fastest delivery possible," Streng added. "You risk the opportunity to mine for the days you are delayed. If you are deploying 10 days later, you are losing 10 days of mining—that is the cost."..


As previously noted: AMD cards seem to be preferred for Ethereum mining -- which may (or may not) increase RX Vega prices.


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