https://www.techradar.com/news/cryptocurrency-mining-is-killing-the-search-for-alien-life

Scientists tasked with looking for signs of alien life are the latest group to be affected by the current cryptocurrency mining craze, as they are struggling to get hold of high-end graphics cards to help with their search.

At the moment GPUs are hard to buy, as people looking to mine for crytpocurrencies such as Bitcoin are buying up graphics cards in large quantities, and while companies such as Nvidia are trying to help make it easier for regular customers to buy their cards, when they actually are in stock the GPUs are usually ridiculously expensive.