What’s the backstory on the Chia refugees?

[Ottetal]

I made a thread about it some time ago, when one of the larger Youtubers shut down:

Another one of the larger Chia farms, Brian Freeman shuts down

Hello community. I like to follow in on Chia coin, because on some levels it’s similar to StorJ (because they both rely on HDDs, duh), and on other levels it’s completely different. I’ve never believed in the Chia project - I don’t see how their product could attract real customers, and they always had an absolutely insane overhead with capacity available. Brian Freeman operates a ~24PiB setup, which he has completely shut down, dismantled and sold off. He then made all his (really informative…

Long story short; chia is no longer profitable for most, and the “farmers” are turning off.