Quote from: Mindin on June 02, 2018, 07:35:24 PM

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Yes, asic's are a curse that the cryptoworld should do what it can to get rid of.

No, that's too easy. ASICs are not inherently bad, but it depends on the exact coin and its ecosystem we are talking about. I case of SUMO/RYO, I see the following:

- XMR and SUMO supporters somewhat overlap. Applying ASIC resistance was a community decision on XMR and what I have gathered, applying it to SUMO was received positively. Deciding against it therefore is probably a decision against a majority of users. This is just interpolation, so I could be wrong here.

- SUMO is a small coin which is in danger of being 51%-attacked. This is true, ASICs or not, but I have the feeling, that with GPU mining staying profitable, you'll keep more people onboard who are actually intersted in the well-being of the coin, while with ASICs, you'll have just a few guys to mine it at best.

SUMO is exposed to attacks either way and it might be prudent to think about alternatives to its current model. MAybe merge mining with XMR would be possible, I don't know, but something like that might be worth a deeper look.

In any case, the current market situation is a strong signal by holders of the coin, that they are not agreeing with what the devs are doing at the moment. I know this is obvious, but it needs to be said. The dev team is spreading fear, uncertainty and doubt right now. It is in their interest to improve on this.