AI cryptomining network's 320,000 RTX 3090-class GPUs allegedly burn 112 megawatts of power on ‘zero useful AI computation’ — GPU rental costs jump 38%, but Pearl’s cards are doing random matrix math, study claims
…Basu also analyzed 8,012 workers in a single pool, representing about 21% of Pearl's hashrate, and found that all of them ran hardware capable of AI inference. Yet, the dominant…
