I am an FPGA dude and stumbled upon SkeinCoin.  I just happen to have working Verilog code for Skein512 and SHA256D from other projects.  It seems like I could put together an FPGA miner in short order if I was inclined to do so.  Should I consider mining SkeinCoins?  I can't tell if folks here would like this or not.  It may swamp the network hashrate and frustrate CPU/GPU miners.  However, if I make it open source and it becomes widely adopted it will likely drive the price up so anyone who's been mining for a while will see their previously mined coins run up in value.  It could breath new life into SkeinCoin which may be welcome with it's latest woes.

So, SkeinCoin FPGA solution ... Good thing ... bad thing?