Apparently Bitmain is releasing a 1000kh/s RandomX miner at 5.6k USD.

[Source] (https://xcancel.com/RedPandaMining/status/2005649550510592295)

CyberSaoshi has interesting [comments] (https://xcancel.com/XBToshi/status/2005867424848175371)

Monero's social contract is non-negotiable: ASIC resistance.

Buying this for 2026 delivery is just donating $5.6k to Jihan.

We will fork.

His math is also good

Let's do the math on 1000 kH/s.

1. A dual AMD EPYC 9654 (server beast) pushes ~130KH/s at ~ 700W.. To hit 1000 kH/s with standard CPUs, you'd need a rack of 8 servers pulling 6000W+.

Bitmain claims 1000 kH/s at 2472W? That's not 'stacking CPUs'. That is specialized silicon (SRAM-heavy RISC-V or ASIC) designed to bypass the memory bottleneck.

2. RandomX requires ~2MB L3 Cache per kH. 1000 KH/S = 2000MB (2GB) of SRAM. Selling 2GB of on-chip SRAM + logic + power for $5,600?

Impossible silicon economics.

Conclusion:

This is either an interest-free loan for 7 months or a subsidized attack on the network.

This confirms it's an ASIC. And ASICs get forked.

Or

This is a scam, you are being the exit liquidity.