Tbh ASICs will hit economies of scale and then everyone will have one. It's just short-term scarcity driving up the price. Plus, it's naive to think people won't make machines optimized to mine scrypt when there's enough incentive to do so
I believe ASICs will come to Litecoin, and I addressed that in my post...
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This may change one day, but for now everyone has equal footing, making it fairer."
It's easier, that doesn't make it 'fairer'. Besides that it's simply a reflection of where the technological process is in Litecoin mining. There is nothing stopping ASICs etc coming into LTC when it's worthwhile, just as they did for BTC. There is no inherent advantage in Litecoin's protocol that makes mining 'fairer' apart from the fact it's new so there aren't many people getting into it yet.
I could start a new coin tomorrow exactly the same as Litecoin and by your logic it would be 'fairer' than Litecoin because more people are aware of cryptocurrencies.
You are misinterpreting my post. "
This may change one day"
I realize FPGAs and ASICs will come to LTC one day. But, RIGHT NOW, you have to admit it is fairer than bitcoin mining (we are talking about bitcoin mining fairness vs ltc mining fairness, not some random ALT you create tomorrow like you suggest at the end of your post).
"There is no inherent advantage in Litecoin's protocol that makes mining 'fairer' apart from the fact it's new so there aren't many people getting into it yet."
It is not fairer because it's new so there aren't many people getting into it yet. It is fairer because no investment in special equipment is needed and ANYONE with a computer can mine litecoins profitably. Whereas as soon as batch 2/3 Avalons hit, you will need to buy custom hardware to mine BTC profitably. All ALT coins (minus the ones based on sha256) share this benefit
for the time being.
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, and your Avalons hash as fast as a cheetah. 
