Because what they are getting now is 1/494th what they got just yesterday or last week. There is no gradual decline, it's an immediate dropoff. You are penalizing new players by saying, you HAVE to pay, you HAVE to buy, to get in. Because obviously why would they mine for a FRACTION of the coins when the coins are worth relatively the same amount? Don't tell me the price is going to go up 49,400% overnight. New players will always have to pay to get in.
Shows you do not know what you are talking about and just make up things of out thin air. Is it really that hard for people to read first then post?
Rewards half over defined intervals. They did not go from 512 to 1.
Start 2048 -> 1024 -> 512 -> 256 ->128 -> 64 -> 32 -> 16 NOW
Also what small time miner with a single PC is mining Bitcoin? None. Unless you have ASIC farm so as you say you HAVE to pay, you HAVE to buy. New players will always have to pay to get in. And that is exactly what they are doing.
Investors and people looking for alternate payment systems don't have weirdo computers running in their basement mining. They don't give a flip about mining. Do you go to the mountain and mine gold out of the rock and then smelt it and shape it into a ring...no you don't, you only care about the ring product and BUY it.
To get back on Topic to this coin. Careful if you mine now while difficulty is low...people will call you a scammer later because they chose not to. Better keep all your receipts to show you sold low when price is low as well.