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by yuvadam 994 days ago
Bitcoin hash rate is steadily growing no matter which time frame you look at [1], what do you mean by "craze"?

[1] - https://www.blockchain.com/explorer/charts/hash-rate
2 comments
somsak2 994 days ago
I mean, not "no matter which time frame you look at." Look at the drop in May 2021, from which the rate didn't recover until 2022. Similar situation for October 2018 - June 2019.
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baobabKoodaa 994 days ago
The drop in what? Bitcoin has not been mined with GPUs in a looong time.
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baobabKoodaa 994 days ago
I think they meant the GPU mining craze around 2017, which was unrelated to Bitcoin.
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