Quote from: Kexkey on May 26, 2016, 01:07:04 AM

Quote from: philipma1957 on May 25, 2016, 01:34:14 PM

so 199,312,067,531 / 194,254,820,283 = 1.02603408883565 - 1 = .02603408883565 x 100 = 2.603408883565% which was then rounded to 2.60%

Since a number could be something like 2.5999932% bitcoinwisdom would round it up to 2.60%.

I won't so we can have a case where the winner will not match the rounded number posted by bitcoinwisdom.

Yeah I like it! The matheux (mather? mathor? methematicioux?) in me likes that kind of precision.

Mathematician

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematician

I think you were looking for this.

Speaking of math lets do a real world number.

https://blockchain.info/

413447 (Main Chain)   2016-05-26 02:00:12 we are here right now

413282 (Main Chain)   2016-05-24 21:23:04 this was first one of this jump

so 166 blocks made

1 day = 144 blocks
4 hours = 24 blocks
40 minutes = 4 blocks

adds to 172 so 166/172-1 = (-3.488372093023%)

while bitcoinwisdom using part of last jump is very much higher

https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficultyBitcoin Difficulty:   199,312,067,531

Estimated Next Difficulty:   209,085,948,934 (+4.90%) way high compared to real time.

Adjust time:   After 1849 Blocks, About 12.1 days We start at 1116 blocks

Hashrate(?):   1,523,581,927 GH/s
Block Generation Time(?):
1 block: 9.4 minutes
3 blocks: 28.2 minutes
6 blocks: 56.5 minutes
Updated:   22:5 (3.2 minutes ago)

One thing I think I have learned is asic builders simply play with difficulty numbers ramping up 100 to 300 ph at a time