Topic: difficulty over time data? (Read 24898 times)
I'm no longer updating my graphs above because sipa's are better
I don't make any prediction about the future, but you may see some useful patterns on my site with network speed and difficulty graphs: http://bitcoin.sipa.be
is the any new updated chart for future estimation(range to 1 month-1 year)?
I've updated the above charts to reflect recent difficulty changes. I'm using the historic difficulty data from http://blockexplorer.com/q/nethash
Thanks! As expected, it indeed looks almost the same as the block#-based one. Interesting.
Here is the same data with the x-axis showing calendar time:
Would it be helpful to you to have a chart like the one above but with a real time x-axis? I could generate one fairly easily.
Yes, that's exactly why I asked. I'd personally prefer the x-axis to be time. Although in theory the block generation rate should be fixed, so the picture shouldn't be very different.Is there a block number <-> datetime mapping available?
The link given above (http://nullvoid.org/bitcoin/difficultiez.php) includes timestamps for all the blocks in which difficulty changed. For arbitrary blocks, you can use Block Explorer. For example, block #42000 was generated at 2010-02-22 22:39:33
Would it be helpful to you to have a chart like the one above but with a real time x-axis? I could generate one fairly easily.
Is there a block number <-> datetime mapping available?
I've updated the above chart with the new difficulty as of block 98784
what's the correlation between that graph and the equation you worked out? not sure how to do it for quadratic curves..
The best way I've found is to use Wolfram Alpha. Here's the equation and correlation covering the last 4 difficulty adjustments.
what's the correlation between that graph and the equation you worked out? not sure how to do it for quadratic curves..
Thanks m0mchil.
For those interested, below is a logarithmic graph of difficulty over time. Time is represented by block number. The data fits the following equation with R^2 of .997:
difficulty = .00165*exp( blockNumber * .000163 )
Might be handy for those calculating the future value of their expensive GPUs
For those interested, below is a logarithmic graph of difficulty over time. Time is represented by block number. The data fits the following equation with R^2 of .997:
difficulty = .00165*exp( blockNumber * .000163 )
Might be handy for those calculating the future value of their expensive GPUs
Soon after posting, I realized that blockexplorer.com shows the difficulty for each block. Worst case, I'll go through each 2016th block and note the difficulty and put it in a Google Spreadsheet and post the link here. If someone's already consolidated the data in one place, let me know.
Is there downloadable data available showing the Bitcoin difficulty over time. I'm imagining a CSV file with block number (every 2016) and difficulty. Something like:
0,1
2016,1
...
96768,12252.03471156
Certainly something like this exists, but the closest I've seen is Difficulty vs Time Graph, which actually shows a Price vs Time graph
0,1
2016,1
...
96768,12252.03471156
Certainly something like this exists, but the closest I've seen is Difficulty vs Time Graph, which actually shows a Price vs Time graph
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