Quote from: Lauda on July 09, 2016, 04:09:03 PM

No. The halving can most certainly not have a direct impact on transaction speed. You don't seem to understand the difference between transaction speed (usually near-instant) and confirmation speed (10 minutes on average). The reason for which some people are experiencing unusual confirmation times is because they don't include adequate amount of fees.

Quote from: jackg on July 09, 2016, 04:05:29 PM

This will then lead to the mining network difficulty decreasing, allowing for it to become more profitable to mine again (meaning that the blockchain can become more stable again)?

In the case that mining is not profitable for some miners, it would not be surprising to see (some) turn of their machines. In that case the difficulty would decrease (assuming that other 'groups' haven't turned on more gear). That does not mean "the blockchain can become more stable again". The blockchain always was and will be 'stable'.

Thanks Lauda, I'll change that con confirmation speed.
So the confirmation speed may decrease if people do turn miners off and others do not tun miners on to make it more profitable?
I also meant that the confirmation speeds will become more stable, though there will still be multiple miners still in business (such as Hashnest, who have around 20-30PHs of S7 miners)