Laptop crypto-mining has started in China & RTX 3000 mobile TGPs should now be public

In China, people are currently mining cryptocurrencies on their RTX 3000 mobile laptops and I find this to be quite problematic, especially if more and more people are going to be buying tons of these laptops for mining and then selling them after a year of use. What's more, the Chinese Lunar New Year is approaching, which means fewer GPUs (and by extension laptops) are going to be manufactured, so expect supply to be tight. I've already heard from some of you that Asus and MSI have delayed your shipments and I'm also worried that prices might skyrocket, whereas availability might plummet like some of Elon's rockets.

At least the good piece of news is that RTX 3000 mobile TGPs should now be public - and by that I mean NVIDIA is now requiring its partners to disclose the exact TGP. I've made a community post talking about it, so head over to the community tab after you're done watching this video.

Timestamps:

0:00 - RTX 3000 Mobile GPUs are being used for mining
6:35 - NVIDIA requires its partners to disclose RTX 3000 Mobile TGPs
8:04 - Bitcoin wallet with 50 million EUR seized, but can't be accessed
9:03 - Announcements: two livestreams happening today (check the description)

I will be livestreaming at around 2.30 PM with a couple of friends. We'll cover what has happened this week in the tech industry and we'll probably also have some random discussions.

I will be livestreaming with Steven from OwnOrDisown, Jarrod, Bob and Brandon from GizmoSlipTech at 11 PM CEST. Check the community tab for more information!

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???? Articles and mentions:

https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/12/22227040/nvidia-amd-gpu-shortage-rtx-3080-3070-3060-ti-3090-rx-6800-xt
https://wccftech.com/nvidia-allegedly-sold-175-million-worth-ampere-geforce-rtx-30-gpus-to-miners
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/msi-gpu-price-increase-tariffs
https://uk.pcmag.com/graphics-cards/130799/prices-for-graphics-cards-and-motherboards-go-up-as-us-tariffs-kick-back-in
https://videocardz.com/newz/msi-radeon-rx-6900-xt-gaming-x-trio-listed-in-europe-at-1699-eur
https://videocardz.com/newz/zotac-and-evga-increase-prices-of-for-their-geforce-rtx-30-graphics-cards
https://www.statista.com/statistics/263492/electricity-prices-in-selected-countries/
https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/30/16949550/bitcoin-graphics-cards-pc-prices-surge
https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/5/22266921/nvidia-requiring-companies-share-clock-speed-power-gaming-laptop-rtx-30-series-gpu-specs
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/nvidia-will-require-laptop-vendors-to-provide-rtx-30-series-specs
https://videocardz.com/newz/chinese-gpu-miners-are-now-bulk-buying-geforce-rtx-30-laptops-to-mine-ethereum

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