Quote from: taipo on May 21, 2014, 11:36:56 PM

Quote from: yopix on May 21, 2014, 12:47:58 PM

Well I can't explain the next diff jump. I mean every ASIC on the market ROIs very very hard. Even S1. So who keeps adding power?

Might be ASIC companies that couldn't sell their gear like Spoondolies. Maybe even Black Arrow started mining with their X3. Some S2 were sold, some S1 and some SP-10 but they don't account for the upcoming 14-18% jump.

When you're a huge mining operation - and there are hundreds of these operations now, and you have committed millions to an operation that is in effect, depreciating every 12 - 14 days, you do not have much other choice but to expand with every spare cryptocoin you have left - and hope every other player eventually gives in or you yourself will go to the wall.

Mining operations big or small are probably attempting to expand their operations by 15% every 2 weeks to keep up with the rising difficulty, thus leading to a further 15% rise...

Doesn't take a crystal ball worker to figure this one out, we've already seen this happen in every other arena of supply / demand.

Hashrates will continue to rise and rise...its a case of who blinks first...usual case, biggest bankrolled operations will win.

On the contrary I think mining operations will be dying down by end of Year. The only ones standing will probably be the ones run by the asic chip manufacturers themselves. Because there will come a time soon where they cant sell below their cost and that is when difficulty is so high buyers dont want to pay the high prices for the machines that dont roi and are better off buying the coins.

I see BFL bankrupt soon, Cointerra is late to the game, as is Bitmine, Black Arrow. Spondoolies is good tech but too expensive. KNC will go private.