[3] Rather than the typical initial coin offering used to launch many cryptocurrencies, Chia Network opted to reserve pre-farmed tokens and raise venture capital.

[15] Hard drive manufacturer Seagate said in May 2021 that the company was experiencing strong orders and that staff were working to "adjust to market demand".

[15] In May 2021 Gene Hoffman, then president and current CEO of Chia Network, admitted that "we’ve kind of destroyed the short-term supply chain" for hard disks.

[16][17] During the first months since Chia's launch, concerns were raised about the prerequisite plotting process drastically limiting a hard drive's lifetime.

[3] In August 2022, the International Finance Corporation announced a partnership and fund with Chia Network, Aspiration, Inc., and Cultivo to tokenize and track carbon offsets.

[19][20] Chia Network also provides technology infrastructure for the Climate Action Data Trust, a partnership between the International Emissions Trading Association, World Bank, and the Government of Singapore, which seeks to enhance the overall integrity of carbon markets.