I don't know about you guys/gals but this protein seems to be taking it's toll on more than just a few stats orientated crunchers (me included).
Ars technica has dropped 20% as far as active crunchers, Free-DC is down 10%, OCWorkbench is down 10% too.
I didn't go on checking but I would imagine this sort of trend is carried down through most of the teams.
Whilst these people may not be lost to DC as a whole they could quite easily get excited by another DC project and stick with it even when the protein changes.
Now if we stick with 5 billion that is still many weeks away.
Is there a chance of lowering the goal?
Of course this is only if the amount of data that would be achieved is sufficient for the project's needs.
I am just looking at it from a contributors point of view.