So, this seems like a slight concern to me. Every kind of algorithm will likely be hit by ASICs someday, if there is enough money involved.
Should it ever be an issue for us with x11, we could fork the coin by a new vote, of which it would require a majority of ASIC owners to vote no.
It's worth taking into consideration that a fork of a large coin could cause a split in community with 2 forks being used, such as with Litecoin, which was forked by some due to scrypt ASICs.
The reason I prefer x11 is because of the algorithms I know of, this seems very appealing right now, and I think the worry about ASIC for this is rather long term, so we would a least be able to avoid ASICs for a while. Especially taking into account we are already vulnerable to ASICs at this very moment.
True! Every algorithm will be hit by ASIC's - it just needs some time & money. X11 is pretty good atm, because it get's a lot of attention at the moment.
I personally like x11, as it greatly helps with some of the issues that scares people off:
- It's much more energy efficient, which means a lower electricity bill
- Due to being more energy efficient, the hardware will get far less hot, which means lesser fan noise
- ASIC resistant, which means those who has a newer GPU can mine fairly
Yep, that's the reasons. Nothing else to say. We need to make decisions now. What do you guys think about a survey? Or is it too early?
Greetings,
DDerTyp