Would this qualify as FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out)?
Sure why not?
https://newhedge.io/terminal/bitcoin/difficulty-estimatorLatest Block: 822869 (a minute ago)
Current Pace: 107.1064% (342 / 319.31 expected, 22.69 ahead)
Previous Difficulty: 67305906902031.39
Current Difficulty: 72006146478567.1
Next Difficulty: between 73540467974029 and 77192903969491
Next Difficulty Change: between +2.1308% and +7.2032%
Previous Retarget: last Saturday at 1:01 AM (+6.9834%)
Next Retarget (earliest): January 5, 2024 at 2:43 AM (in 10d 20h 29m 18s)
Next Retarget (latest): January 5, 2024 at 6:06 PM (in 11d 11h 51m 34s)
Projected Epoch Length: between 13d 1h 42m 24s and 13d 17h 4m 39s
Latest Block: 823179 (5 minutes ago)
Current Pace: 102.5534% (652 / 635.77 expected, 16.23 ahead)
Previous Difficulty: 67305906902031.39
Current Difficulty: 72006146478567.1
Next Difficulty: between 73009331752375 and 73878277747559
Next Difficulty Change: between +1.3932% and +2.6000%
Previous Retarget: last Saturday at 1:01 AM (+6.9834%)
Next Retarget (earliest): January 5, 2024 at 4:39 PM (in 9d 5h 40m 23s)
Next Retarget (latest): January 5, 2024 at 8:29 PM (in 9d 9h 30m 9s)
Projected Epoch Length: between 13d 15h 38m 2s and 13d 19h 27m 49s
so over the last 310 blocks made we should have done 316 only a 2% variance so hard to say we are see a down clock from big players.
last ten blocks:
1.76
1.75
0.00 ant pool is going to get sued over this.
1.55
2.22
1.94
1.98
2.66
2.17
2.63
viabtc is paying 120%. so if you mine there it is like 1 btc is 1.2 x 43000 = 51,600 not 43,000