Quote from: ThomasCrowne on April 15, 2015, 04:52:45 AM

Quote from: Stratobitz on April 14, 2015, 05:32:00 AM

Quote from: crazyivan on April 14, 2015, 05:27:22 AM

So, all in all, without major technological breakthrough, mining s dead. Without major price increase, BTC economy s dead.
I really hope not.

It is unquestionable: The block halving event will cause major disruption and volatility within the bitcoin markets; and mining atmosphere. There is no question about it. Fear/Panic will likely take hold months before. After any sort of major price drop or difficulty drop - greed will then settle in - and then a tug of war between both.

This will not all happen in 67 weeks... it will begin long before. It's not a secret, so the effect the halving has will be factored into the event's repercussions long in advance.

Strato

I agree with Stratobitz on this point. I have a feeling the 'smart' players will likely begin dumping equipment (slowly at first and gradually picking up the pace) up to 3 months before the actual halving.

We've already gone through this before. Only things like Silk Road seizure, fork 4.0, and LTC on Gox create fear Wink