http://www.vnbitcoin.org/bitcoincalculator.phpThis calculator predicts a
99,416,291,020 difficulty by year's end. They assume a 14.55% increase every cycle. Is this really a possible scenario? With predictions like these, no ASIC hardware will break even.
Isn't it more likely that the difficulty rise will slow down a bit at some point? If I understand this correctly, a 99 billion difficulty would mean that the network's total hashing power would be 20 times what it is now by year's end. I find that hard to believe. Thoughts?