Same problem here. Currently I switched my sha miners TO nice/west 'cause I mean daaaamn. The problem may be similar to something I saw when buying
scrypt. When it settles into the low-enough to turn a profit on scrypt and I pick up any hashpower the "big order" guy who has the same order set at every price break starts popping ahead and takes it all, but if I were to try to compete I'd be losing money no matter where I mine. So the bot comment above is maybe right?
I still can't figure out WHY though. or where they might be mining.. The only thing that makes ANY sense is a speculative thing, mining a newer coin that isn't on an exchange, to pile it up in hopes of making something off it? It either that or some secret coin/pool... oh wait or someone is just too stupid to math.
I've noticed the "big order" has gone from 16mhs scrypt to about 8 on every pricebreak So maybe the big-fast returns they were getting made them keep pouring it on and they don't realize they are losing money because it is constantly in transition? It slowly dwindles and they don't see it because of the lobster in warm water effect.
Bidding frenzy is another possibility. one other possibility. With the price of bitcoin dropping, maybe you have renters who are thinking in dollars for the buying part
"I only spent 20 bucks!" and haven't caught on that the return comes at the same coin price. oh desperation will also make people throw more money at a problem thinking it will fix it, but those guys should have run out by now.
If you have MOST of the hash power in a given algo it might be worth it to throw some away to drive the price up... Hrm, time to buy some more miners.
Maybe people tossing old s1's undervolt them so they are more power effective and hash away.
None of the reasoning is solid though and in the end it just seems retarded.
Are there any other buyers on this thread? What sha coins are you mining that are twice as profitable as bitcoin? As a buyer I have to say the market has become much less attractive than it was only a few months ago.
There used to be times when I could at least rent and mine at break-even, with some patience sometimes even slightly profitable for a few hours every few days but since 4 weeks the sha256 prices have become **INSANE**! What are they doing with this overpriced hash power? Surely there must be a rational explanation for this behavior? They are not deliberately throwing money out of the window, are they?