Out of all my bitcoin friends, no one I know owns an ASIC Everyone mines on GPUs...

		chrisan on May 2, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What is Chia cryptocurrency and why is it bad news... Out of all my bitcoin friends, no one I know owns an ASIC Everyone mines on GPUs because they are cheaper and casual dual purpose (play games and mine afk) Aren't ASIC normally limited to a single algo as well?

Your friends are most likely mining ethereum, not bitcoin.