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Re: 41 minutes for a new block, difficulty wayyy too hard
by
inBitweTrust
on 17/02/2015, 18:15:57 UTC
Foxpup said it best...

It's a Poisson process, with a mean of 10 minutes. So...

What is the probability that the next block will be found within 10 minutes from now?
63.212%

Or within 1 minute?
9.516%

Or 10 seconds?
1.653%

Or 1 second?
0.167%

Regardless, I will join in the mortal fear that Bitcoin is doomed because investors seem to be pouring millions into new ASICs thus increasing difficulty. We are all doomed Embarrassed