That's because every person who mines takes money from everyone else who is mining. This is why you cant mine bitcoin anymore unless you have thousands of $$$ to invest in ASICS. The same exact timeline will happen with SCRYPT.... its just a longer ramp-up.
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"We have continuously alienated new people by being curt or just assholes."
This happened in spades last week when I went to Litecoin forum and asked for help with my mining rig.
I all but got humiliated, mocked, and kicked in the ass as I ran out the front door while everyone was laughing.
Seriously. All because I didn't know what I was doing with my troublesome hardware setup.
Anyways, thats not the point of the article.
Big +1 on everyone reading this article.
Good find.
-B-