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Not that coin :) (Etherum is on GPUs but bitcoin on ASICs mostly)

Ethereum hashrate dropped by 20% in last month, too.

so what happens to the unused ASICs?

Landfill

Trash or being sold to other miners. Most likely trash, though.

Being shipped elsewhere. At least two Chinese miners have shipped a bunch to Kazakhstan.

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