Indeed the hash rate has exploded even without pools and it's like a lot of people are just mining for nothing.
One bug I found in the WEBD Explorer for a few days, it does not show the blocks any more, at all. It only shows my address and that's it, black empty page.
Please report this to our community member which developed the explorer. You can find his contact in footer on the explorer website
have you guys thought about revising some of the branding? The logo in particular is very confusing. It looks like a pentagram, and like it's associated with some illuminati, secret society type stuff. Not sure if this is intentional.