Comment on Seagate's fraudulent hard drives scandal deepens as clues point at Chinese Chia mining farms
jqubed@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’m guessing this is nothing to do with the plant that can grow on amusing terra cotta sculptures?
Comment on Seagate's fraudulent hard drives scandal deepens as clues point at Chinese Chia mining farms
jqubed@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’m guessing this is nothing to do with the plant that can grow on amusing terra cotta sculptures?
HotChickenFeet@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
Proof-of-storage based cryptocurrency. The article says when it became non-profitable, the drives were reset so their smart stats would appear new, and sold them as such.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chia_Network
OpticalMoose@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
Seems like that should be illegal, like changing the odometer on a car, but what do I know.
Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Sure is, this would fall under fraud at the very least; but laws only stop those willing to obey them. Now it’s a matter of figuring out who to punish.