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Comment by andai

18 hours ago

What's a shovel?

They're using the analogy of mining for gold. the cost of a shovel/pitchfork goes up when the price of gold goes down - which is a double whammy

  • you didn't answer the question. A shovel in this case is the equipment + energy needed to mine (GPU's etc.)

    • Which is pretty much obvious to anyone who has heard of bitcoin in the year of our lord 2026

      Especially since the "sell shovels during a gold rush" has been used to apply to nVidia

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