Quote from: philipma1957 on December 25, 2023, 11:13:37 AM

Quote from: alh on December 25, 2023, 08:45:35 AM

Would this qualify as FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out)?

Sure why not?

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https://newhedge.io/terminal/bitcoin/difficulty-estimator

Latest 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

Latest Block:   823232 (8 minutes ago)

Current Pace:   98.5780% (705 / 715.17 expected, 10.17 behind)

Previous Difficulty:   67305906902031.39
Current Difficulty:   72006146478567.1
Next Difficulty:   between 71010859282115 and 71428376079043
Next Difficulty Change:   between -1.3822% and -0.8024%
Previous Retarget:   last Saturday at 1:01 AM (+6.9834%)
Next Retarget (earliest):   January 6, 2024 at 3:49 AM (in 9d 3h 36m 7s)
Next Retarget (latest):   January 6, 2024 at 5:52 AM (in 9d 5h 39m 6s)
Projected Epoch Length:   between 14d 2h 47m 49s and 14d 4h 50m 48s

huge shutdown of gear