Quote from: dmwardjr on May 16, 2018, 11:39:41 PM

Quote from: fanatic26 on May 16, 2018, 11:34:43 PM

So again, heres the thing. ASICs do not equal centralization, anyone can buy them, run them, and point them where they want. All you people talk about decentralization as it is some buzzword to trump all others when I dont think you quite have the grasp of what it is. Just because Bitmain is the first to release a miner, does not make it the only manufacturer capable of producing them. You realize Innosilicon, Halong, BW, Obelisk and Baikal (im probably forgetting one or two) all make altcoin ASICs as well right? In the bitcoin space there is even more competition. Just because bitmain is the largest doesnt make them the only one.

Heres another example of your centralization fallacy...I run a large datacenter. I manage over 10,000 GPUs here (and 11k ASICs). As a bulk buyer I get priority over other customers when I order GPUs, and I can run as many as I want here. The only difference is the GPU systems are a pain in the ass and the ASICs are more of a 'set it and forget it' item. Large scale mining on GPUs is already happening...do you really think the shortage of cards was from you hobby miners running 6 or 12 cards? No it was people like me buying them by the thousand until the market ran out of cards to sell. The 12 cards you run versus my 10,000 doesnt help with decentralization at all by your definition of it. You use the word ignorance, which is a bit funny because you are a shining example of it. You read all this crap on the forums about ASIC BAD, then regurgitate it like it was your own independent thought.

Look dude, I'm done with you.

This is my last response to you. You're being ignored after this post.

I'm not even going to waste my valuable time responding to you. I'll let you decide when and/or if you will humble yourself in order to deflate that puffed up head of yours. Why? Because it's so puffed up you can't take it out of your arss to see the damn RED PILL to even swallow it.

Good riddance... Not wasting my time with you anymore.

winning arguments by ignoring them.. .classic

Seeing pictures of those 10000+ GPU nightmares doesn't instill visions of decentralization, quite the opposite actually. Are any of those distributors limiting the selling of 10000 GPU to one entity, yeah probably not. Have people seen the pool ratios on suprnova for RVN, ZEN, ZEC? Several 1000 GPU farms going on there.

I'm not necessary for or against GPU or ASIC, but I'm not going to ignore GPU hoarding like fanatic26 and pretend GPU are any better. Whenever that argument gets brought it's conveniently ignored.. .