It looks like the dev team has already anticipated a SHA3 based ASIC design as a threat to monopolize control over the Handshake protocol.

Guessing an insider on is hoping to exploit this for financial gain and control of this isolated DNS pool.

and why would users want to participate in a protocol which inherently relinquishes centralized accountability and responsibility, in favor of a security model that allows any of these mining warehouse operations run by anonymous robber barrons with enough excess capital to fill up an entire building with random number generating electricity wasting heaters?

Who thinks this is seriously a good idea for anything other then exploiting greater fools to sell digital beanie babies to?