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«this is a standard economic assumption.»

Yes, but given this convergence hasn't happened in years, it is unreasonable for de Vries to suggest it might happen in 7 months.

For the second point, he definitely assumes 100% of the production ends up in Bitcoin mining machine. His source says "cryptocurrency" chips, but de Vries assumes "Bitcoin" chips.

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