Yes, it looks like around +1.5% increase. Will be interesting to see how much network hashing power come onboard over the next month or two.
my estimated next difficulty calculation : 1 890 290 596 971 0.92% 18/01/01 10:50
will probably end up between 1.0-2.5%
Any other estimates ?
Based on the prior blocks in this difficulty round, it's currently 9.88 mins between blocks.
That puts the next difficulty around 1,895,655,751,456.57, or about 1.2% increase. Scheduled for the wee hours in the morn of the first day of 2018 (US mountain time).
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