Quote from: klondike_bar on March 19, 2014, 05:55:42 PM

Quote from: KS on March 19, 2014, 04:47:26 PM

Quote from: superduh on March 19, 2014, 04:41:19 PM

with KNC announcement of SCRYPT ASICS and friedcat not seeing them be a worthwhile investment. with the prices of other alts and interest in scrypt asics - does asicminer not find it a good market to explore as well. with a well made scryptasic this year (possible solo mining) it could give friedcat and AM further revenue, stronger foothold in cryptocurrency, diversification and many other benefits. someone should talk to him about exploring this option again.

The point in scrypt is that it's ASIC resistant and the Litcoin devs are against ASICs. They might very well alter the code or switch to sth else than scrypt and make your 10K USD scrypt ASIC into a very expensive doorstop (you could probably still use it as an electric heater, hoping it's not too noisy for the home).

I can see why FC doesn't want to ~~waste~~ allocate resources for developing a scrypt ASIC.

+1. scrypt ASICs dont make much sense. If a single cryptocurrency is to succeed it would be Bitcoin, otherwise it would be another SHA-256 coin that improves significantly in a few ways (such as smaller size blockchain, shorter block times, or the capability to handle much more volume) so that the massive pile of existing infrastructure remains useful and secures the network.

its like inventing the stone wheel, then deciding that the rubber-covered square is the real game-changer

What about the rubber covered wheel

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