Quote from: dmwardjr on August 31, 2018, 06:39:09 AM

Quote from: TropicalDog on August 30, 2018, 03:39:40 PM

Quote from: Tonisim on August 30, 2018, 07:04:58 AM

Horizen (ZEN) Statement On Mining Algorithm

The Horizen team carefully evaluated the pros and cons of changing from the existing Equihash Proof of Work mining algorithm. This was caused by two events that happened close together in time. One was the double spend attack that was made against an exchange partner, and the other was the appearance of Equihash ASIC miners for sale to the public.
https://blog.zencash.com/horizen-zen-statement-on-mining-algorithm/?utm_source=blog&utm_medium=social&utm_content=mining&utm_campaign=mining+algo

At least, till now, it seems that ZenCash team (by now, it is Horizen team) have made smart decisions to change the algorithm.
Being ASIC-resistant is one of the most important things to maintain good ROI for miners and partially prevent terrible Replay Attacks, alongside with high required confirmations, Secure Nodes, Service nodes, etc.

You need to read the damn article. They are NOT changing a DAMN THING!

GOOD RIDDANCE. They've sold out. Hello Monero and that's the coin I'm promoting from this day forward.

Many coins started with the objective of being ASIC resistant. This attracted at lot of GPU miners. Unfortunately, when these coins became big, they embraced ASICs and forgot the very mining community that helped them get there.