XCH (Chia) originated in 2021, founded by BitTorrent inventor Bram Cohen, packaged as an "eco-friendly green Bitcoin alternative".
It adopts a Proof of Space and Time consensus, using hard drive space for mining, claiming to be a thousand times more energy-efficient than PoW. After going live on the mainnet, it quickly became popular, reaching a high of $1645, with a market cap exceeding $30 billion at one point, attracting countless miners to hoard hard drives for mining, and the community of users expanded rapidly.
However, upon closer inspection, the project shows obvious signs of speculation: high return temptation: it claims low energy consumption, no need for GPUs, and sustainable mining, attracting users to invest heavily in hard drives with high return expectations.
Referral mechanism: it relies on pre-mining and community promotion to draw in early farmers, forming an expansion model that heavily depends on hardware investment.
No actual value support: ecological development is slow, with very few real business applications and DApps, mainly relying on the "green concept" to maintain heat, lacking sustained demand.
The most shocking part is: after the bear market in 2022, hard drive prices crashed, mining revenues plummeted, and the price of XCH fell over 99% from $1645 to currently about $4.6, with a market cap evaporating over $29 billion.
Many early farmers sold hard drives to cut losses, and holders suffered significant losses, leading to a sharp decline in community activity. The reason why such projects are bound to fail is: excessive reliance on concepts and hardware speculation; once the market cools down and real applications cannot keep up, selling pressure concentrates, liquidity dries up, and a price avalanche is just a matter of time.
Investing requires caution, rationality is key, and protecting your assets is the right way.
Did you hoard hard drives to mine XCH back then? Are you still holding? Let's share experiences in the comments and stay vigilant!
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