Evidently BLAKE-2b mining is dominated by ASICs now, too. (Non-ASIC is BLAKE-2s.) I thought the reason for choosing that algorithm was precisely to end reliance on specialized hardware in order to make mining more decentralized.

Then again, when the adversary has a money-printer and the power of taxation, I suppose they can always buy MOAR (of anything) than the masses. Fiat tentacles have reach.

What a mess. What. a. mess.

Gold is looking shinier every day.