The Chinese company Galax warned users that it will refuse warranty service on SSDs if they are used to mine the cryptocurrency Chia.
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“When using an SSD for mining, the amount of data written greatly exceeds the standard daily usage. This will lead to slowdown and damage to the SSD. In this case we reserve the right to refuse to provide quality-assurance services,” the manufacturer said in a statement.
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The growing popularity of the new cryptocurrency has driven high-capacity SSD sales from Adata by 500% compared with the previous month.
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Several Chinese SSD manufacturers announced the release of specialized storage devices for mining Chia. The warranty period for them will be substantially shorter than usual.
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The official start of trading for Chia is scheduled for May 3. According to the latest data, the total disk space occupied by the cryptocurrency already exceeds 950 petabytes. This is about 240 thousand disks with 4 TB capacity.
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The Chia Network, created by Bram Cohen, the author of the BitTorrent protocol, uses the Proof-of-Space and Proof-of-Time [proof of space and time].
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Earlier ForkLog reported that Chia cryptocurrency miners created a local shortage of HDDs and SSDs in China.
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