On Sat, Jun 19, 2021, 9:39 PM jim bell <[1]jdb10987@yahoo.com> wrote:

Tom's Hardware: Crucial Caves: Says Chia Cryptomining Voids SSD Warranty, Then R
etracts Post.
[2]https://www.tomshardware.com/news/crucial-says-chia-cryptomining-voids-ssd-wa
rranty-then-backs-down

   Jim Bell's comment:

   I wonder if DRAM-based SSD's would be practical for Chia mining.  There
   shouldn't be a need for non-volatility.    SD- cards get a lot of their
   density by constructing them in many layers, up to 144 I recently
   read.

   I  haven't been keeping up with DRAM construction techniques, but I
   wonder if DRAMs can be multi-layered in a similar way.

   There's no existing market to finance the technology at smaller scale;
   how would it get started selling?

   I also wonder what is the wearout mechanism for SD non-volatile
   memories.

   I'm pretty sure plotting doesn't involve rewriting.  It's write-once.
   --
   Chia uses the same mining mechanism as a handful of altcoins but is
   much more popular.  I wonder if it's related to the similarity of its
   name to the name of a country.

References

   1. mailto:jdb10987@yahoo.com
   2. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/crucial-says-chia-cryptomining-voids-ssd-warranty-then-backs-down