[TeMPOraL]

Hard to say, really. It could be organic, but then, it is in the interest of Chia to spread the stories about "hard drive shortage" - like all crypto schemes, their best user base are people who will see an article about cryptocurrency causing a social-wide issue, and read it as an opportunity. The people who see a disaster and their first thought is about how to profit off it.

[hdhrnnrkrkf]

I'm a bit worried it's a self fulfilling prophecy:

"People are buying hard drives to farm despite price increases, it must be profitable, maybe I should buy one too..."