The more popular bitcoin is the more participants there are the more decentralized it is. Mining now is way more distributed then before. Also how are small time miners being kicked out. You can buy a USB miner for pocket change. You are wanting large easy mining profits but those don't exist in the real world and they shouldn't exist in the bitcoin world.
Usb miners are not cheap. 60$ a unit for something that takes close to a year to pay off if not more!
Btc has increased in popularity, and has more users than before....I would say you are incorrect sir. Yes we have more people using it...but look at the $...everyone in the usa uses it...does that make it decentralized? No. People are buying into btc by buying them, NOT mining them.
The small time miners can not continue to mine btc due to the fact that it COSTS them money. There is absolutely no reasom for someone to jump into btc mining even with 5Gh/s. The cost of hardware for a small timer isnt a problem as you can get a jalapeño for $270. But really 5gh/s come middle of next year will not be worth it whem we see single units pushing multiple th/s and soon ph/s.
Ltc is going towards the btc route, however btc is NOT decentralized. We have companies launching factories with multiple ph/s and being backed by tens of millions of dollars. BTC is becoming more centralized than it was expected. Ltc will follow this route
