While I do understand the need for extremely careful evaluation before choosing and implementing new GPU and CPU algos, the fact is that, until that happens, DGB won't a "fair", decentralized coin anymore. It's completely in the hands of the owners of those damn new ASICs (all of which I'm pretty sure are in the hands of a very small group of people), just like Bitcoin and all other coins controlled by ASIC owners. So, right now, DGB isn't the "real DGB" anymore, it's just one more centralized coin, not even fulfilling one of their basic proposals, which is to be mineable by anyone, with equipment easily accessible to anyone.
There are farms of GPU miners just like there are farms of asics. With CPU it's even worse: botnets can take the lions share from individual miners. Conversely, there are asics aplenty 1-10 units at a time in folks' garages spread all over the world. I like that DGB is multialgo, and I do think that part of the security that comes from that requires choosing algos mineable by different tech: CPU, GPU, ASIC, for maximum diversity, but I think asic hate is overstated. I hope as they move forward their goal is diversity and not anti-ASIC.
The best thing that can happen to DGB long-term is to be able to use lightning network to interact with bitcoin and have payment processors do atomic swaps from people paying with bitcoin and run the transactions on DGB for fast/cheap processing. To be able to persuade processors to do that, you need a very secure network, and ASICs should be part of that mix.
I'm pretty sure there are no "CPU/GPU farms" mining DGB right now, the cost alone would make it unfeasible, and even if/when there were, there's no comparison to the damage ASICs cause to decentralization. I really wish scum like you who love to spread this kind of pro-ASIC FUD everywhere would get the fuck away from DGB.
(...) I agree with much of what he said (...)
Of course you do. You've been pushing your pro-ASIC agenda ever since you showed up on this thread. You just have a sneakier way of doing it, pretending you support decentralization and other DGB features so that the average clueless moron who reads your posts won't notice your real purpose. So before I forget, FUCK OFF TOO.
