Obelisk strikes back 
We prepared for something like this by adding an extra feature to the SC1. We can do a soft-fork that slightly changes the PoW algorithm which would invalidate the bitmain ASICs, but allow the SC1 units to continue working.
We prepared for something like this by adding an extra feature to the SC1. We can do a soft-fork that slightly changes the PoW algorithm which would invalidate the bitmain ASICs, but allow the SC1 units to continue working.
And yet the SIA devs don't see the irony in criticizing Bitmain (Bitmain's pool actually) for mining empty blocks and being a threat to the community, while they are implementing some sort of kill switch in their ASIC. Its almost like they knew this scenario would happen. What a bunch of scum bags.
They knew this was coming. I knew this was coming. People in the Obelisk thread guessed this would happen.
Devs can do what they want - they are called developers. Sia community can give them the middle finger and stick to Bitmain's fork or they can give Bitmain the finger and stick to Dev's fork.
I'm waiting for Sia Cash to appear on the exchanges now, and soon Litecoin cash, Dash cash....
That's not a question the "real" community and supporters of SIA ask. They are clearly stand behind SIA and team. And the same is true for Obelisk team.
On the contrary - the voices for a fork are loud in the community and not in the SIA team.
The question that comes up much more - are the buyers of antminers real members of the SIA community? Do you have to take them into consideration?
Or should bitmain continue to eat on the longtime work of others?
I mean I'll be honest, I'm not in the SIA discord or anything, but when the developer posts a long winded, vindictive statement, it leads me to believe its the developer and not the "community" who is upset. It was a very poor idea for the developers to get involved in the ASIC business. It detracts from their focus and calls into question their fairness. And to be quite frank, the fact that it takes them a year from pre-sale to bring this to market shows they really are clueless in the ASIC business. And lets not forget, Nebulous is a private, for-profit company. Its not like this is some big community effort where everyone is a volunteer.
You shouldn't have to be "a member of the community" to mine or use Siacoin. The miners move the blockchain plain and simple. They are rewarded for their efforts. And how does Bitmain continue to eat the longtime work of others? They focus on one thing: Hardware. They make the fastest and most efficient miners. Sia didn't invent the blockchain, Sia didn't invent the Blake hash, Sia didn't invent decentralized storage. Are they eating the long term work of others?