In 3-5 years all this would not matter anymore.
theres only 21m...
think infinity to the right.
theres only 21m...
think infinity to the right.
Yep, but maybe there will be a better form of crypto, we don't know that just yet, only that mining is getting ridiculous
The better form will also take time to establish and be tested - if Core developer community agree, it will be integrated into Bitcoin (remember, it's only software and can be updated) - Incentive being $5+ Billion industry.
As a scientist perhaps I'm biased, but I think the Alt derivatives are great experiments into the possibilities of Blockchain technology.
I'm not a miner, but if I was to invest - It would be into chip manufacturing architecture/design rather than personal hashing. I believe ASICS is not the answer and a much more efficient dedicated hashing technology will be developed very soon (Several Centillion orders of magnitude to current)