Replies to post #14707 on Marathon Digital Holdings Inc (MARA)

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Thanks for the tip about Auradine. I was not aware of the connection.

They're a private company seeking private investment. So other than their connection to Marathon I am not particularly interested. But I will check out their products.

In the corporate world desktop computers get replaced on average about every 3 years. But the lifespan of these ASIC miners seems to be measured in a few months.

Seems all of the miners are trying to drastically increase their hash rate at the same time. I see many orders for tens of thousands of virtually the same model. Many Millions of dollars being spent on hardware upgrades. And I am sure those will be replaced in a few months when an even better product is announced. I wonder where all the old ASIC miners go. Surely they don't get scrapped.

Marathon is also into Immersion Cooling. Some miners overclock their machines to get a higher hash rate, which generates a lot of extra heat and shortens the lifespan. And if the data centers happen to be located in Texas or other warm climate then I think liquid cooling will almost be a requirement.