Quote from: PsylockReborn on December 17, 2018, 06:17:30 PM

Quote from: Spendulus on December 17, 2018, 03:12:22 PM

What might the miners do at this junction?

Obviously there's nothing more to mine, most of them will put a stop to their mining rig.

Quote from: Spendulus on December 17, 2018, 03:12:22 PM

Might there be a reason to move to non-ASIC hardware?

You just stated the reason, there's no more coins to be mined so no more profit.

Quote from: Spendulus on December 17, 2018, 03:12:22 PM

Or a reason to change the reward algorithm?

I doubt that this will happen. During 2140, the transaction itself will be scarce. Fees will skyrocket.

I'm pretty sure by this moment in time there will be new technologies that will arise which will be better than bitcoin. We may not be present during those times but I'm positive that the future generation will come up with a better invention that could replace bitcoin as the number one crypto.

You're wrong about your first and second point. Transactions will be minable. By that time the block reward would be pretty small, it would essentially be the last halvening. The last reward will probably be fees> block reward before the last reward is mined. By then if Bitcoin has adapted and is still being mined then it would be a massive Goliath with tons of users and that means lots of transactions and fees.