I have a 5 year old account on this forum that I recently lost access to. I would like to foster a serious Myriad vs Vertcoin debate. So how do you suggest I start it?
I suggest you clarify in your post (or put it in signature directly) IF and HOW you are related to the Myriad cryptocurrency.Everybody looking at your username will just take for granted you are some sort of admin for myriadcoin, as it is the case for some other alts.
In retrospect, it is incredibly dumb the MYR community didn't take that username and I cannot really blame you for using it BUT it is clear you have already taken a decision WRT this matter. Please be careful.
Personally I think Myriad is a better approach. Only 60% of the hash power can be mined with a GPU,
Nope! Hashrate is a nonlinear property. The fact that GPUs are competitive on 3/5 algorithms does not imply 60% hash rate.
Myriad, however, has 3 GPU PoW algos, meaning that several models of GPU are likely to be quite efficient at mining it on at least one of its algorithms. This means that GPU farms probably have less of an efficiency advantage over home miners.
I think I follow your line of thinking but you are evaluating the implementations of the algorithms, not the algorithms themselves. All MYR algos are SHA-3 candidates or derived from SHA3 candidates so they are similarly complex. GPU farms as you imagine can just burn $$$$ and get access to an optimized kernel. Most SHA3 candidates are dead simple compared to some crazy shit going on AAA videogames.
