Great insights @buggedout. So true, that there is a direct relationship between the opportunity for financial and the development of disruptive technology to take advantage. Basically, for all the mining POW schemes, if it can be done on a bunch of separate systems it can be consolidated into one. It just takes the desire, talent, and resources to make it happen.

I think many in the crypto mining sphere don't get this and believe the marketing "ASIC resistant" claims. When in fact it really is an economic incentive equation.