Graphics card prices drop, developers advise miners to stop holding cards

In the past one or two months, the graphics card market has been hot and cold. The graphics cards that were still at a high level at the beginning of the year began to plummet at the end of March.

Most of the RTX 30 and RX 6000 series graphics cards have broken this month, and they have risen by 100%-200% compared to the previous ones. DIY players finally waited for the day when the price crashed.

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This round of price slump is also related to the mining disaster in the currency circle, especially the 1.0 to 2.0 upgrade of Ethereum. This time, it will switch from the workload proof to the equity proof mechanism.

This change will be historic and will directly lead to graphics card mining. (Ether) is not feasible, then the graphics card will really return to the game card attribute.

However, the Ethereum official has also postponed the 2.0 upgrade many times. It is also because of the great impact that the last round of the upgrade was postponed to June this year. Now the official has made a statement, and the 2.0 upgrade has been postponed again for a few months.

This delay has also allowed some businesses to see the opportunity for the price of graphics cards to rebound. CCTV also reported before that some businesses would rather let graphics cards lose thousands of dollars than sell them for cash. rose back.

However, the developers of Ethereum have firmed their minds this time and shouted to the miners not to hoard graphics cards anymore, because the 2.0 upgrade will definitely be released, and the equity mechanism will definitely be changed.

The official attitude of Ethereum has been timid for several years. The 2.0 upgrade has been delayed many times, which will probably make some daring miners take risks, and the price of graphics cards may still go up.

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