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Topic: How many bitcoins are made a day? (Read 2711 times)

legendary
Activity: 1400
Merit: 1005
November 16, 2011, 05:39:37 PM
#9
About:
1 every 12 seconds.
5 every minute
50 every 10 minutes
300 every hour
7200 every day
50400 every week
2629728 every year (averaging for leap years)

Or:
Exactly 7588400 so far, in 1028 days of Bitcoin existence, averaging 7383 per day.

There aren't 5 made a minute. Thats if you look at the averages.  50 are made about every 10 minutes.
Better have my fun with these before Thymos outlaws them entirely.  Tongue

hero member
Activity: 742
Merit: 500
November 16, 2011, 05:37:32 PM
#8
I think someone asking a simple question like this should be given the most accurate answer.

What is obvious to you is obvious to you.  Plenty of people seem to think that mining in a PPS pool actually mines that share. They are wrong, but not being explicit in answers like this is what helps to spread confusion.
legendary
Activity: 1512
Merit: 1032
November 15, 2011, 09:21:25 PM
#7
There aren't 5 made a minute. Thats (sp) if you look at the averages.  50 are made about every 10 minutes.
hero member
Activity: 742
Merit: 500
November 15, 2011, 08:30:08 PM
#6
About:
1 every 12 seconds.
5 every minute
50 every 10 minutes
300 every hour
7200 every day
50400 every week
2629728 every year (averaging for leap years)

Or:
Exactly 7588400 so far, in 1028 days of Bitcoin existence, averaging 7383 per day.

There aren't 5 made a minute. Thats if you look at the averages.  50 are made about every 10 minutes.
legendary
Activity: 1512
Merit: 1032
November 04, 2011, 12:47:16 AM
#5
About:
1 every 12 seconds.
5 every minute
50 every 10 minutes
300 every hour
7200 every day
50400 every week
2629728 every year (averaging for leap years)

Or:
Exactly 7588400 so far, in 1028 days of Bitcoin existence, averaging 7383 per day.
legendary
Activity: 1904
Merit: 1002
November 04, 2011, 12:21:57 AM
#4
That would be a pretty simple calculation from the difficulty data.... check the wiki.
hero member
Activity: 728
Merit: 500
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November 04, 2011, 12:11:20 AM
#3
7200, give or take a bit.  The difficulty readjusts every two weeks or so to bring it back to 7200 whenever it starts going too fast or too slow.

Network speed and difficulty charts: http://bitcoin.sipa.be/
legendary
Activity: 1708
Merit: 1007
November 04, 2011, 12:03:40 AM
#2

7200


jr. member
Activity: 34
Merit: 20
November 04, 2011, 12:01:48 AM
#1
And is there a chart that shows the rate that they are being mined at?
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