"ugh, so tired of this. Someone starts a new thread asking this EVERY 2 weeks or so when there is a difficulty change. These people should be banned."
I think of it as a Public Service Announcement: All noobs/newbies/whatnot please read this and understand that any mining equipment you buy will result in the loss of your bitcoins.
This should at the top of the subforum and in BOLD letters.
Topic: DIFF OVER 5BILLION???!!! (Read 945 times)
ugh, so tired of this. Someone starts a new thread asking this EVERY 2 weeks or so when there is a difficulty change. These people should be banned.
In about 60 days, we will hit over 5 Billion, so we will get there, no worries.
to see how it can be 'all over the place' http://allchains.info/ is calculating -1% right now! (with 15 new blocks)With enough samples now, it is showing a reasonable number now (19.88%)
yup, as we may well have expected... however... 5billion... it'll get there eventually! brace yourselves!
to see how it can be 'all over the place' http://allchains.info/ is calculating -1% right now! (with 15 new blocks)With enough samples now, it is showing a reasonable number now (19.88%)
to see how it can be 'all over the place' http://allchains.info/ is calculating -1% right now! (with 15 new blocks) That happens when next diff estimate is recalculated anew right after last diff change - with only a few samples (new blocks) next estimate can be all over the place.
If you want to know how it's calculated -
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.2642034
If you want to know how it's calculated -
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.2642034
well i wish they wouldn't tweet them all! that was the first tweet i seen when i opened my eyes this morning, thought I was in the middle of some horrible nightmare
That happens when next diff estimate is recalculated anew right after last diff change - with only a few samples (new blocks) next estimate can be all over the place.
If you want to know how it's calculated -
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.2642034
If you want to know how it's calculated -
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.2642034
that's what I would have expected... where the heck are btc.re getting their numbers from!?
you'll get diff estimates everywhere you look. 5 bil wouldn't surprised me in the least though.
http://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty
Estimated Next Difficulty: 3,183,673,395 (+21.45%)
Estimated Next Difficulty: 3,183,673,395 (+21.45%)
Surely there is a mistake here somewhere....
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