The same thing that happened last halving, nothing special, business as usual...
Did mining profits decrease?
Yes, they went from 50 BTC per block to 25 BTC per block.
LOL, that much I knew. I guess I should have asked the question differently.
How did miners compensate for the halving?
Well back when it happened there were no asic's and the price stumbled we had a - diff or two.
Then avalon came out with the first asic and we had 2 spikes in price.
The march april 2013 spike .. I made more money then I did from aug 2012 to feb 2013.
My guess is we ramp up in price to the 350-500 level vs the older 230 level.
Home mining will never die simply because of heating value during the winter.
I have a few winter locations that use electrical heaters like this
http://www.sylvane.com/delonghi-comfortemp-radiator.html?s_cid=cse_bingshoppingso how is this not a perfect place for an s-3 or two?