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Board Mining (Altcoins)
Re: Cryptonight / Cryptonote - On GPUs and ASICs and profitability
by
noctrex
on 19/03/2018, 08:00:55 UTC
They can change to fix their ASIC - but it takes MONTHS once they have access to the new algorithm - redesign the chip, validate, do a tapeout, test, then *if* the tapeout chips are right order production to go into the QUE when space comes open.

I can see Bitmain trying to do this perhaps ONCE, I doubt they'll try after the first time due to the COST.

 

Makes sense.

Especially now that the Monero Team has said that the algo will change every six months, byebye ASICs !