also, i think people with lots of masternodes are dumping their rewards as they already have a ton of DASH.
asic's should eventually help stop the first problem but that's a ways off.
Does it make any difference whether it's bot-hackers, masternodes or regular miners ? Isn't the daily coin emission the same whatever ?
The daily emission is the same, but certain people (like hackers) are probably more likely to sell their earnings rather than hold them, putting extra pressure on the price in the short term.
exactly. and the hacker can dump below mining electricity cost.