Having some ASIC's in a network is good for security, hashpower, and diversity.
Having it one sided and dominated in the network is bad for decentralization.
If it gets to the point BTX is being threatened by ASIC's then it's probably a good day because it means it's profitable enough to develop one.
True but I think its already on the way. I read today that Samsung already has an ASIC chip to beat GPUs. To me that sounds like an ASIC that can greatly enhance BTXs security.
GPU's have always been the latest public innovation for enthusiast so I don't see mining going away from them anytime soon.
There will be bigger and better things, but availability makes it a longer road then most think.
The real key to GPU mining is adoption. More likely to have disbursed and scattered hashrate.
So a lot of the big coins start on a small scale and move up over time.
I've been reading the drama a little over at Siacoin and how Bitmain silently released an ASIC along side their Obelisk miners, so it can be a problem if not sorted out.
But still...with all the improvements Bitcore team made over original Bitcoin chain, I'm sure they could come up with a solution to break ASIC's if there was a confirmed rumor of one on the network
