...CURECOIN folders, however, with very few exceptions (EdOkkada for example apparently donates all of his coin recieved, but my research shows he's not exactly poor) are in fact folding for profit, or at least for enough $$ to pay the electric bill...
As the single largest Curecoin ASIC miner, and folding ~11 million PPM, I'd have to say you are sadly misinformed (that or you're talking to/about those that would seek to fold with outdated equipment that isn't even strong enough to play most new games, musch less fold/mine).
I speak from both personal experience (I only run folding when it's more profitable than doing other stuff with my multiple 1070-based rigs) and from talking to other CUrecoin folders, though I concede I haven't spoken to hundreds of them.
I do NOT bother folding on older gear - it's not worth it, even the GTX 950 and 960 cards I bought back when the 9xx series was still pretty new aren't worth trying to fold with any more.
I don't pay attention to the ASIC side, as that's not folding.
And for the record - I'm not *currently* one of the big folders, but if I chose to be I'd easily crack the top 10 *AGAIN* with my existing rigs, though I'm certainly no competition to Ed barring a major cash infusion.
