You seem knowledgable about hash rates. SpreadDoubleKetchup. How does it compare to Bitcoin SHA256 algorithm? Do you think it is maybe 1/4th the hashrate of SHA256 using same CPU?
I hardly think this has been taken over by farms at this point. The dev mentioned that he has hundreds of connections and this thread has been seen by over 1000 people, so it's not unusual that so many individuals have started mining this. It's a popular launch. When the network hashrate reaches 1 GH/s then you can complain about farms. Until then it's still possible to find blocks even with an average PC.