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 But It is also a factor of coin distribution. If we have to choose, who would deserve a new issuance of coins in reward for securing the network? 
pure luck (random)
hardest work (pow)
central issuer (fiat)
orrrr... The biggest stake holder (eth) 
 yup, implementing (crypto)currrency properly is a fuckfest 
 So complicated right? Crazy. 
 And if ₿itcoin was really using this randomx algorithm, it wouldn't even matter, the mining factories would just switch to that protocol and massbuy cpu's. And who says if supercomputers aren't fit for this task asswell? With no way to outperform super computers, the mining process would lie in the hands of nations again and pucked. 

The only difference is that the mining process is also in the hands of the consumers: if that is the only difference and goal, we should rather make those Asic's easy to use for every person to achieve that goal then switching from hashing algorithm. You achieve the same results eventually.