Will there be such a thing as new ASIC miners? Will people who have never mined before want to invest money in ASIC? When GPU mining was profitable, anyone could do it, people got interested and upgraded. I think the advent of ASIC makes it a niche sport now.
Why??
Its gonne be even easier dude!!!!!!!!!!!!! No high end PC or vid cards to buy & maintain.No issues with vid drivers,OC'in,drawing too much current from your PSU OR your outlet.
ANYONE can buy one & hook up a USB cable,DL the miner software,join a pool & boom your mining on an old P.O.S. PC..............
Hell,my mom is 72 years old & she could do it
This is true, however, I anticipate that after ASIC's are about and hashing publicly, the difficulty will rise so high that owning a Jalepeno will be like using a X750 or X770 ATi card.