Am I seeing correctly? The mempool is almost empty, with fees at a minimum, and will the difficulty increase?
Latest Block: 882866 (39 minutes ago)
Current Pace: 105.7663% (1875 / 1772.78 expected, 102.22 ahead)
Previous Difficulty: 110451907374649.5
Current Difficulty: 108105433845147.2
Next Difficulty: between 114328481686848 and 114360842525653
Next Difficulty Change: between +5.7565% and +5.7864%
Previous Retarget: January 27, 2025 at 3:19 AM (-2.1244%)
Next Retarget (earliest): Tomorrow at 9:00 AM (in 0d 22h 13m 7s)
Next Retarget (latest): Tomorrow at 9:05 AM (in 0d 22h 18m 30s)
Projected Epoch Length: between 13d 5h 40m 53s and 13d 5h 46m 16s
What is the logical reason for this to happen? Wouldn't it make more sense to reduce the difficulty by possibly shutting down machines?