Stupid question: Are we in a drought or are we just suffering from a lack of miners (with heavy iron)?
What coin / net are you on? I say Jtoomimnet looks strong compared to mainnet. If you are on mainnet, I suggest just getting on Jtoomimnet now. I tell everyone about the two nets, but I push people to go with Jtoomimnet. They blocked not to long ago and seem to be in the 16day range of estimated block times, while mainnet is 93 days EST. I say, hop on the stronger network.
I'm sorry - Bitcoin. Been mining off and on over the past several years as a node and I'm wondering if it's time to kick the wimpy S3s and S5's that I have to the curb and look at some of the other coinage out there......