I really like where Groestlcoin is at, and I think that the primary focus should continue to be on efficiency and access for almost all devices to mine the coin.

Marketing and promotion should never be discounted, but I would far rather have a solid long term outlook and a reason to exist for the coin than basically what amounts to being part of the pump-n-dump crap coin market that seems to just recycle every few days.

Right now Groestlcoin is the 4th most efficient coin for me on CoinWarz ratings, and it would easily jump to #1 if CnC's newest changes gain even 30%, let alone nearly 300%. (6x 750ti, 19.4 Mhash/s, $2.12/day after power costs)

Pump and dump copycoins in the scrypt arena are going to be left holding the bag here shortly as the ASIC miners show up en masse.

They will see the efficiency and mass availability of the ability to mine with any device, and that will in my opinion lead to good things. The coin is very well positioned for the future of the market, and the longer we can keep things on the right track the better off everyone will be in the long run.

I can't imagine the pressure that is going to build on the Christians to optimize for ATI chips if he can manage to keep it out of the GPL. THere is going to be a TON of hardware on the unprofitable side in the future, and if they know there is just some code changes that could change that, they will be going crazy.

So keep up the good work all.