Re: Theoretical limits, given 14 days per difficulty and 50% increases in difficulty

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Re: Theoretical limits, given 14 days per difficulty and 50% increases in difficulty

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on 18/06/2011, 09:10:02 UTC

Quote from: [Coins!] on June 17, 2011, 06:09:43 PM

So the limit, as x approaches 39, of 14 +14*(2/3)+14*(2/3)^2 +...+14*(2/3)^39 can be represented by a limit of some kind (math gurus jump in here):

14*(1/(1-(2/3)))=14*3

It's a geometric series: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometric_series

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