and done
Difficulty History
Date Difficulty Change Hash Rate
Jun 17 2017 711,697,198,174 4.85% 5,094,526,985 GH/s
we have a carry over I will make next prize 1.5 ltc and 1 compac usbstick
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Topic: BLAST...A...CONTEST! PRIZES ARE 1 LTC AND A COMPAC STICK. Picks are closed! (Read 4190 times)
June 17, 2017, 06:20:08 PM
June 17, 2017, 02:04:38 PM
While I would certainly like to win, I think the most likely outcome is the final change will end up in that vast expanse between myself & Mr. V8.
Bitcoin Difficulty: 678,760,110,083
Estimated Next Difficulty: 711,349,406,888 (+4.80%)
Adjust time: After 27 Blocks, About 4.5 hours
Looks to me like a roll-over if Phil is interested in repeating.
Bitcoin Difficulty: 678,760,110,083
Estimated Next Difficulty: 711,349,406,888 (+4.80%)
Adjust time: After 27 Blocks, About 4.5 hours
Looks to me like a roll-over if Phil is interested in repeating.
we are going to give away the 1 ltc and the 1 compac
if not this time then next time.
I will boost the 1 ltc to 1.5 ltc and still 1 compac stick from sidehack.
I am going to run this a few more times.
Bitcoin Difficulty: 678,760,110,083
Estimated Next Difficulty: 711,622,052,354 (+4.84%) >>>>> most likely not this time.
Adjust time: After 24 Blocks, About 4.0 hours
Hashrate(?): 5,034,029,579 GH/s
Block Generation Time(?):
1 block: 9.9 minutes
3 blocks: 29.6 minutes
6 blocks: 59.3 minutes
Updated: 15:0 (2.9 minutes ago)
June 17, 2017, 01:56:58 PM
While I would certainly like to win, I think the most likely outcome is the final change will end up in that vast expanse between myself & Mr. V8.
Bitcoin Difficulty: 678,760,110,083
Estimated Next Difficulty: 711,349,406,888 (+4.80%)
Adjust time: After 27 Blocks, About 4.5 hours
Looks to me like a roll-over if Phil is interested in repeating.
Bitcoin Difficulty: 678,760,110,083
Estimated Next Difficulty: 711,349,406,888 (+4.80%)
Adjust time: After 27 Blocks, About 4.5 hours
Looks to me like a roll-over if Phil is interested in repeating.
June 17, 2017, 03:22:32 AM
I turned 60 in Jan.
Tips are far and few in between but I do like beer or wine.
Since gpu Mining got smoking hot this year I got more then 1000 pm's asking for help.
Some are amazing as to what people what for free.
Oh sorry I missed that. Many Happy Returns. A vintage year, no doubt.
I've got a mad weekend on now, so unless anyone else perhaps more suitable does so, I'll organise a proper thread for this on Monday morning and get an escrower.
In the meantime, looks like alh is gonna be a rich man:
Estimated Next Difficulty: 711,662,697,651 (+4.85%)
Adjust time: After 92 Blocks, About 15.1 hours
final picks
-1.1 = philipma1957 my usual pick if it hits i will roll prize over.
+4.5 = alh
+5.3 = Last of the V8s
+6.3 = Landy1264
-1.1 = philipma1957 my usual pick if it hits i will roll prize over.
+4.5 = alh
+5.3 = Last of the V8s
+6.3 = Landy1264
June 16, 2017, 10:25:38 PM
never did win. came close once. probably just caused a lot of noise.
Philip, sorry to be so cheeky. Are you gonna be 60 this year?
Someone should organize a whip round for you to get some beers.
bet no one ever tips you, all you do round here...
Philip, sorry to be so cheeky. Are you gonna be 60 this year?
Someone should organize a whip round for you to get some beers.
bet no one ever tips you, all you do round here...
I turned 60 in Jan.
Tips are far and few in between but I do like beer or wine.
Since gpu Mining got smoking hot this year I got more then 1000 pm's asking for help.
Some are amazing as to what people what for free.
June 16, 2017, 05:02:33 PM
never did win. came close once. probably just caused a lot of noise.
Philip, sorry to be so cheeky. Are you gonna be 60 this year?
Someone should organize a whip round for you to get some beers.
bet no one ever tips you, all you do round here...
Now THAT'S a smashing idea! I'd totally be in for something like that. Philip, sorry to be so cheeky. Are you gonna be 60 this year?
Someone should organize a whip round for you to get some beers.
bet no one ever tips you, all you do round here...
June 16, 2017, 04:02:56 PM
never did win. came close once. probably just caused a lot of noise.
Philip, sorry to be so cheeky. Are you gonna be 60 this year?
Someone should organize a whip round for you to get some beers.
bet no one ever tips you, all you do round here...
Philip, sorry to be so cheeky. Are you gonna be 60 this year?
Someone should organize a whip round for you to get some beers.
bet no one ever tips you, all you do round here...
June 16, 2017, 03:41:51 PM
-1.1 = philipma1957 my usual pick if it hits i will roll prize over.
+4.5 = alh
+5.3 = Last of the V8s
+6.3 = Landy1264
Looks like Mr. V8 is sitting pretty......for now. 
Bitcoin Difficulty: 678,760,110,083
Estimated Next Difficulty: 715,327,382,407 (+5.39%)
Adjust time: After 246 Blocks, About 1.7 days
Bitcoin Difficulty: 678,760,110,083
Estimated Next Difficulty: 715,327,382,407 (+5.39%)
Adjust time: After 246 Blocks, About 1.7 days
yup, pretty, eagle-eyed, absurdly efficient bitcoin difficulty prognosticator, magnanimous in victory, stoic in inevitable defeat.
If I recall you have won this at least one time back in the day maybe twice?
Bitcoin Difficulty: 678,760,110,083
Estimated Next Difficulty: 714,119,640,376 (+5.21%) << you are still close
Adjust time: After 155 Blocks, About 1.1 days
Hashrate(?): 5,102,435,936 GH/s
Block Generation Time(?):
1 block: 9.8 minutes
3 blocks: 29.5 minutes
6 blocks: 59.0 minutes
Updated: 16:40 (5.8 minutes ago)
June 16, 2017, 02:22:49 AM
-1.1 = philipma1957 my usual pick if it hits i will roll prize over.
+4.5 = alh
+5.3 = Last of the V8s
+6.3 = Landy1264
Looks like Mr. V8 is sitting pretty......for now.
Bitcoin Difficulty: 678,760,110,083
Estimated Next Difficulty: 715,327,382,407 (+5.39%)
Adjust time: After 246 Blocks, About 1.7 days
Bitcoin Difficulty: 678,760,110,083
Estimated Next Difficulty: 715,327,382,407 (+5.39%)
Adjust time: After 246 Blocks, About 1.7 days
yup, pretty, eagle-eyed, absurdly efficient bitcoin difficulty prognosticator, magnanimous in victory, stoic in inevitable defeat.
June 16, 2017, 01:45:55 AM
Looks like Mr. V8 is sitting pretty......for now.
Bitcoin Difficulty: 678,760,110,083
Estimated Next Difficulty: 715,327,382,407 (+5.39%)
Adjust time: After 246 Blocks, About 1.7 days
Bitcoin Difficulty: 678,760,110,083
Estimated Next Difficulty: 715,327,382,407 (+5.39%)
Adjust time: After 246 Blocks, About 1.7 days
June 13, 2017, 05:24:31 PM
Experimental Image Contribution:
Let's see how this holds up over time.
If it works well enough, feel free to quote it Phil.
Let's see how this holds up over time.
If it works well enough, feel free to quote it Phil.
seems to work now
It took a couple of passes to find and deactivate the various possible ways of caching.
Also a misc note, you have 516 in the OP, and 616 as pick end on the latest posts.
I will leave it at 616 for this round. Been too busy with gpu/pc mining.
Far Far More pms in the last 60 days then usual.
June 13, 2017, 03:41:40 PM
Experimental Image Contribution:
Let's see how this holds up over time.
If it works well enough, feel free to quote it Phil.
Let's see how this holds up over time.
If it works well enough, feel free to quote it Phil.
seems to work now
It took a couple of passes to find and deactivate the various possible ways of caching.
Also a misc note, you have 516 in the OP, and 616 as pick end on the latest posts.
June 13, 2017, 03:11:56 PM
Experimental Image Contribution:
Let's see how this holds up over time.
If it works well enough, feel free to quote it Phil.
Let's see how this holds up over time.
If it works well enough, feel free to quote it Phil.
seems to work now
June 13, 2017, 03:10:11 PM
final picks
-1.1 = philipma1957 my usual pick if it hits i will roll prize over.
+4.5 = alh
+5.3 = Last of the V8s
+6.3 = Landy1264
+6.6 = pusttiu
+7.0 = Tomintx
+7.6 = eDonkey (Jack)
+8.0 = buwaytress
+9.6 = Psi
+10.8 = DarkStar_
+11.0 = QuintLeo
+12.1 = fr4nkthetank
+12.5 = vh
+12.7 = HagssFIN
+13.0 = VRobb
+13.4 = Akarabzie
+14.0 = vapourminer
+15.0 = leowonderful
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June 13, 2017, 10:49:25 AM
Well, one of my S9s threw a hashboard so I'm contributing to reducing the difficulty increase in my own small way 
June 13, 2017, 10:11:23 AM
-1.1 = philipma1957 my usual pick if it hits i will roll prize over.
+4.5 = alh
+5.3 = Last of the V8s
+6.3 = Landy1264
+6.6 = pusttiu
+7.0 = Tomintx
+7.6 = eDonkey (Jack)
+8.0 = buwaytress
+9.6 = Psi
+10.8 = DarkStar_
+11.0 = QuintLeo
+12.1 = fr4nkthetank
+12.5 = vh
+12.7 = HagssFIN
+13.0 = VRobb
+13.4 = Akarabzie
+14.0 = vapourminer
+15.0 = leowonderful
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Bitcoin Difficulty: 678,760,110,083
Estimated Next Difficulty: 729,726,834,675 (+7.51%)
Adjust time: After 644 Blocks, About 4.3 days >>>> picks end at 616 around 3-5 hours
Hashrate(?): 4,802,800,859 GH/s
Block Generation Time(?):
1 block: 9.6 minutes
3 blocks: 28.8 minutes
6 blocks: 57.6 minutes
Updated:
2720 usd at coinbase
Bitcoin Difficulty: 678,760,110,083
Estimated Next Difficulty: 739,029,525,164 (+8.88%)
Adjust time: After 717 Blocks, About 4.7 days >>> picks end at block 616
Hashrate(?): 4,959,987,737 GH/s
Block Generation Time(?):
1 block: 9.5 minutes
3 blocks: 28.4 minutes
6 blocks: 56.9 minutes
Updated: 20:55 (2.9 minutes ago)
coinbase 2675
Bitcoin Difficulty: 678,760,110,083
Estimated Next Difficulty: 754,075,650,340 (+11.10%)
Adjust time: After 859 Blocks, About 5.6 days > picks end at 616
Hashrate(?): 4,986,618,679 GH/s
Block Generation Time(?):
1 block: 9.3 minutes
3 blocks: 27.9 minutes
6 blocks: 55.9 minutes
Updated: 22:10 (46.0 seconds ago)
Bitcoin Difficulty: 678,760,110,083
Estimated Next Difficulty: 758,260,397,291 (+11.71%)
Adjust time: After 912 Blocks, About 5.9 days >>>> picks end at block 616
Hashrate(?): 4,981,259,504 GH/s
Block Generation Time(?):
1 block: 9.3 minutes
3 blocks: 27.9 minutes
6 blocks: 55.7 minutes
Updated: 13:40 (4.5 minutes ago)
Bitcoin Difficulty: 678,760,110,083
Estimated Next Difficulty: 755,841,818,834 (+11.36%)
Adjust time: After 939 Blocks, About 6.1 days > picks end at 616
Hashrate(?): 4,989,768,550 GH/s
Block Generation Time(?):
1 block: 9.3 minutes
3 blocks: 28.0 minutes
6 blocks: 56.0 minutes
Updated: 10:15 (1.4 minutes ago)
Bitcoin Difficulty: 678,760,110,083
Estimated Next Difficulty: 756,044,459,670 (+11.39%)
Adjust time: After 972 Blocks, About 6.3 days >>> picks end at 616
Hashrate(?): 5,021,230,105 GH/s
Block Generation Time(?):
1 block: 9.4 minutes
3 blocks: 28.1 minutes
6 blocks: 56.2 minutes
Updated: 5:10 (1.9 minutes ago)
Coinbase = 2908
Bitcoin Difficulty: 678,760,110,083
Estimated Next Difficulty: 766,164,863,497 (+12.88%)
Adjust time: After 1002 Blocks, About 6.4 days > picks close at 616
Hashrate(?): 5,086,203,634 GH/s
Block Generation Time(?):
1 block: 9.2 minutes
3 blocks: 27.6 minutes
6 blocks: 55.3 minutes
Updated:
Coinbase = 2927usd
Bitcoin Difficulty: 678,760,110,083
Estimated Next Difficulty: 767,865,907,516 (+13.13%)
Adjust time: After 1101 Blocks, About 7.1 days > picks end at 616
Hashrate(?): 5,210,146,087 GH/s
Block Generation Time(?):
1 block: 9.2 minutes
3 blocks: 27.8 minutes
6 blocks: 55.5 minutes
Updated:
June 13, 2017, 09:24:47 AM
Bitcoinwisdom shows hashrate going down right now. Wonder what's happening, maybe a farm swapping out miners or shutting down? We might all be off the mark this time.
Indeed, now I KNOW I'm too high...!! 
June 13, 2017, 09:10:23 AM
Bitcoinwisdom shows hashrate going down right now. Wonder what's happening, maybe a farm swapping out miners or shutting down? We might all be off the mark this time.
June 13, 2017, 04:26:57 AM
+6.3 = Landy1264
June 13, 2017, 03:57:52 AM
Well, I sure wish I'd been around when all you old hands were playing but glad to be able to be part of this now (thanks philipma1957 for the contest!) so here's my semi-pseudo-educated pick.
+8.0 = buwaytress
+8.0 = buwaytress
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