“According to a report from VNExpress, some miners are now dumping drives and reselling ‘renewed’ used SSDs as brand new.”
Chia sold itself as the green cryptocurrency. It caused a drive shortage, then fell from $1,685 to $220. Now the miners are unloading worn out SSDs as new to whoever buys next. Plotting chews through flash endurance. The buyer gets a drive with a fraction of its life left and no idea why it died.