Bitcoin mining typically pushes the GPU to 100% utilization. At that point, the GPU is going to be very warm after a few hours. Depending on airflow in your bitcoin mining rig and the room it’s in, the hardware could sustain permanent damage.

There are ways to manage this. Undervolting the GPU is the most common. Bitcoin mining doesn’t necessarily destroy a GPU, but it could degrade performance down the road.

Wear and damage are very different, Quora. Damage is caused by either hardware malfunction or user error, maybe a power surge. Wear is a normal process. It would be great if someone could “de merge” these questions..