So bitmain  has decided to call the  eth pos bluff.


this will shake up the world of cryptocoins big time.

of course  a fork  could fork  the bitmain asic.  I would like to see this play out.

https://coinmarketcap.com/


1   BitcoinBitcoin   $147,216,469,090   $8,731.50   $5,965,710,000   16,860,387 BTC   4.25%   sparkline

2   EthereumEthereum   $84,035,910,402   $861.29   $2,207,890,000   97,569,820 ETH   2.22%   sparkline


3   RippleRipple   $41,746,882,606   $1.07   $2,040,840,000   39,009,215,838 XRP *   1.54%   sparkline
4   Bitcoin CashBitcoin Cash   $21,689,473,342   $1,278.59   $435,947,000   16,963,588 BCH   1.48%   sparkline
5   CardanoCardano   $9,888,610,630   $0.381401   $237,036,000   25,927,070,538 ADA *   -0.31%   sparkline
6   LitecoinLitecoin   $8,774,048,485   $159.00   $485,075,000   55,184,083 LTC   4.49%   sparkline
7   NEONEO   $7,355,725,000   $113.17   $311,051,000   65,000,000 NEO *   5.46%   sparkline
8   StellarStellar   $7,274,198,021   $0.394645   $65,072,000   18,432,256,891 XLM *   2.68%   sparkline
9   EOSEOS   $5,876,066,704   $8.85   $320,219,000   664,222,024 EOS *   1.23%   sparkline
10   IOTAIOTA   $5,127,705,261   $1.84   $39,461,000   2,779,530,283 MIOTA *   3.89%   sparkline
11   NEMNEM   $4,924,160,999   $0.547129   $22,668,200   8,999,999,999 XEM *   0.01%   sparkline
12   DashDash   $4,869,335,769   $617.95   $78,861,400   7,879,847 DASH   1.83%   sparkline
13   MoneroMonero   $3,869,288,698   $246.25   $46,449,100   15,713,103 XMR   3.56%   sparkline
14   LiskLisk   $3,281,805,702   $27.81   $58,080,600   117,989,448 LSK *   6.14%   sparkline
15   TRONTRON   $3,021,142,594   $0.045950   $233,935,000   65,748,192,476 TRX *   3.34%   sparkline
16   Ethereum ClassicEthereum Classic   $2,793,305,592   $27.99   $464,483,000   99,803,687 ETC   11.85%   sparkline
17   Bitcoin GoldBitcoin Gold   $2,268,943,743   $134.90   $38,539,100   16,819,824 BTG   6.22%   sparkline
18   TetherTether   $2,223,016,237   $1.00   $2,160,790,000   2,217,140,814 USDT *   0.03%   sparkline
19   QtumQtum   $2,178,960,249   $29.49   $270,999,000   73,876,332 QTUM *   2.88%   sparkline
20   VeChainVeChain   $2,028,474,410   $4.31   $56,490,800   470,791,178 VEN *   5.41%   sparkline
21   ICONICON   $1,623,741,968   $4.26   $68,450,200   381,495,014 ICX *   8.90%   sparkline
22   U.CASHU.CASH   $1,534,930,010   $0.177859   $3,792,330   8,630,038,458 UCASH *   467.67%   sparkline
23   ZcashZcash   $1,521,788,499   $466.38   $80,297,200   3,262,994 ZEC   2.45%   sparkline
24   NanoNano   $1,292,022,049   $9.70   $35,501,800   133,248,289 XRB *   8.56%   sparkline
25   OmiseGOOmiseGO   $1,278,215,616   $12.53   $28,233,600   102,042,552 OMG *   3.22%   sparkline
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