Nvidia's latest software update inadvertently removed the Ether-mining limiter it placed on its own RTX 3060 graphics card line.

As Ethereum has moved to a proof-of-stake model, mining is no longer required. So, what happened to the ether miners, and what can they do?

The Ethereum Foundation announced that the method used for ether mining will shift to "proof-of-stake," which could alleviate the GPU shortage significantly.

Cryptocurrency mining company Hive Blockchain Technologies announced a two-phase plan to expand its Ether (ETH) mining operations at the company’s flagship GPU-based facility in Sweden by more ...

But that merge - which would see ether mining transition away from the energy-intensive proof-of-work method to proof-of-stake - has been delayed, frustrating investors.