When you say "powerful processor that does not come cheap. To me, mining is disappearing into thin air. It is becoming more of a thing for those with a good amount of cash rather than its availability to the average miner the way it used to be, a few years back. The way it is now, a time may come when mining of coin will disappear completely.
Powerful process is too expensive that may not be return your investment on that hardware on this day when mining. mining now is not profitable and the difficulty is too high.