Maybe a minigame of some sorts? But I think the pacing just needs to be adjusted. The first hardware upgrade basically takes up almost all of the required playtime, then the game snowballs and once you get server cluster trainings you instantly get the ghost ending. Are there other endings? I don't think I'd be able to get them unless I intentionally choose not to upgrade or train the bot.
I've taken your feedback onboard and updated the game with a new trace system. Now you must also watch out that you aren't caught botting. You can only bot for short periods and after you must lower your trace before you continue. It should slow down the snowball also. Let me know if you give it a go!