Re: New mining calculator taking difficulty development into account
I disagree.
ASICS manufacturers will increase their manufacturing capabilities if demand stays up. When the chip and board layout are finalized, they can order parts from lots of different producers. The problem with ASICs is not to ramp up and manufacture tons of them, but to do the initial design.
ASICS manufacturers will increase their manufacturing capabilities if demand stays up. When the chip and board layout are finalized, they can order parts from lots of different producers. The problem with ASICs is not to ramp up and manufacture tons of them, but to do the initial design.
I don't think they are interested in demand - they should make miners for themselves. They race with other ASIC manufacturers. So the only limitation is their assembly capabilities. Which they will increase as soon as they can.
Until they reach a point where other "regular" miners are virtually eliminated (1,000 TH/s for each ASIC manufacturer?, 3-5 PH/s total?) - then it would be advisable to form a kind of cartel with other ASIC manufacturers to stop fighting each other, stop manufacturing more miners, wasting money and electicity, divide the market (the total hashing power) equally (or not) and keep mining until 2040
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