Yesterday, a milestone was reached. The custom hardware section, itself a subforum of the much smaller "Hardware" forum, has just gained its 48264th post.
This might not seem like anything important. That is, until one considers that that number is greater than the Mining forum—two levels up from the "Custom Hardware" forum.
It is clear that "custom hardware" is no longer the niche it used to be. There are numerous logical solutions:
Definitely. This might not seem like anything important. That is, until one considers that that number is greater than the Mining forum—two levels up from the "Custom Hardware" forum.
It is clear that "custom hardware" is no longer the niche it used to be. There are numerous logical solutions:
- Swap "Custom hardware" with "hardware". Call "custom hardware" just "Hardware", and the current "Hardware" will become "Vintage hardware".
- Merge "Custom hardware" into "hardware". This will require some cleanup.
- Split "Custom hardware" from "hardware", relocating it as a subforum of "Mining", and call it "Mining hardware". Rename "Hardware" to "Vintage hardware".
- Vacate the threads in the "Hardware" forum to new "ASIC", "FPGA", and "Vintage" subfora. "Custom Hardware" is relocated to the former two. "Hardware" becomes reserved for discussion about mining hardware in general.
