What happens if Bitmain creates a new SiaCoin (SC) mining ASIC? Will SC remain hard in oblivion?

Both has its own subsidiary for the production of ASIC mining equipment called Obelisk. The move to ban the ASICs of other manufacturers is a clear protectionism from the developers of Sia as their product has been beaten in the free market.

Obelisk was born as a project by Sia's team and since then has brought together a team of ASIC and electronic engineers with decades of experience, as well as creating a dedicated Obelisk team. Currently you can extract Decred and Sia with it.

They even went all in on the Obelisk protection by dividing the chain on October 31st, a move that saw 4 new projects bifurcated by SiaCoin.

But what if other producers of mining equipment decide to return with another miner that will work on Sia Network? The team of Sia will make another fork, we will see an endless game of cats and cats between Sia and the manufacturers of mining hardware?

The community is reflecting on the same question and a good portion of users are still disappointed by recent team decisions.

"This is exactly what I was saying when the Devs hijacked the initial community proposal and completely changed it.The initial proposal suggested a temporary period of mining exclusivity that also respected the 6 week period between batches. atomic bomb that was completely against all the reasons the Devs claimed it was necessary These guys are carrying this coin into the ground, I've been saying for a while that all that's silly and bitmain they have to do is make a small logical change to their external prexiting chip to make them mine on the fork.New both asics are not far away. "

There are other opinions on the question:

"The AFAIK the Obelisk killswitch was a bargain since then, so I doubt another hard fork would be on the table.

I'm not sure if the developers had another trick up their sleeve to protect themselves from the threat of potential bad actors who gain the superiority of herpes.

I think that if Obelisk will be able to compete with the big ASIC producers, things will be fine.

Furthermore, the fact that Nebulous has shown that it is willing to take such measures against non-cooperative producers may hopefully be a sufficient deterrent.

Monero bifurcated to CryptoNight v7 some time ago and I have not yet heard of an ASIC created for this? You have?"

Both points of view are valid and the final opinion on the issue will depend on future developments. If Bitmain launches a new ASIC for SC, then we will know what the team is planning and how much is their "love" for Obelisk.

In conclusion, if the motivated greed and the obelisk that preserves the hard fork was a one-off move by the Sia team, the owners will probably let it slip. It is a rain of ASIC out there and He lent an umbrella to the Obelisk, gave him the chance to compete against the giants like Bitmain. Now it is time for the Obelisk boys to show their value on the free market or give up and do something else. Otherwise, a very promising and already consolidated project (by encrypted standards) as Sia could quickly end up in the altcoin cemetery that is rapidly populating these days.