The ASIC pit of despair

Monero has once again changed the POW to brick ASICs following confirmation that 85% of Monero’s hashrate were ASICs.

Recurring hard forks to brick ASICs is a very dangerous game and what better to illustrate this than with an xkcd-style plot?

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You’re safe on the edges but how do you bridge the gap?