Mainchains do not scale even with 12tb drives.

If zaps had to be written on everyone's node that would fill up quick.

Monero works as a niche, but with a large amount of success it'll crumble.

The ASIC resistance will be regularly cracked when there's market incentive to do so.

The blockchain size will be stupid and unpredictable if it became popular.

I used to be on the ASIC resistance side back in 2017 but learned how difficult it is to keep fair.

I'd rather the rules be set and the market competes.

I run Bitcoin the og way, its possible with a few hundred dollars and hours.