Difficulty is increased because of added new mining devices.
As I know - mining devices now are produced and shipped in big quantity only by BFL.
Last 4 increases all were around 30% (29.4% - 32.22%). This coincidence (almost same percentage increase 4 times in a row) never happened before.
Does it mean that BFL specially ships devices not in their full potential, but in specially calculated quantities to keep this 30% increase ratio?
And, possibly, all who are now still waiting for their BFL device - could have them delivered month ago if only BFL would ship all at their full potential?
As I know - mining devices now are produced and shipped in big quantity only by BFL.
Last 4 increases all were around 30% (29.4% - 32.22%). This coincidence (almost same percentage increase 4 times in a row) never happened before.
Does it mean that BFL specially ships devices not in their full potential, but in specially calculated quantities to keep this 30% increase ratio?
And, possibly, all who are now still waiting for their BFL device - could have them delivered month ago if only BFL would ship all at their full potential?
BFL isnt the only one shipping, Bitfury's are selling like hot cakes too.
As for BFL doing this on purpose.. perhaps. Artificially keeping difficulty low would have given them a lot longer to sell more preorders at higher prices. It would also cost them customers and credibility but Im quite willing to assume overall its a net win for them. Then again there is Hanlon's razor: Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity. Or in this case, incompetence. Im just on the fence whether or not incompetence alone explaines this kind of shipping clusterfuck.
. And they constantly ship devices, all this is legitimate, nobody is screwed. Except fact that nobody who will receive now their device will make ROI. I am sad for guys who ordered 500GH/s device :/
Gotta love those sob stories. Gonna be plenty.