it was doomed from the start because like the KNC fisaco Manufacturers have been to greedy and they mine with the hardware before they ship/sell to customers. They are playing a double game here, its not all companies but too many of them have gone this route (Black Arrow, KNC, BF ,AVAlon etc)
Eventually I am thinking next year users will wise up and no one will be buying Asics anymore except for volume buyers who get the first crack at the hardware anyways.
+1, I am also afraid that this will have a negative effect on the bitcoin and altcoin value aswell.
Less people will be mining, which results in less people talking about the benfits of cryptocurrency and the daily trade volumes will propably also decrease alot which results in bigger price fluctuations.
what do you think about this?