I noticed that.

Last I checked we were averaging 1 block per 3.5 minutes.

We're stuck on the minimum difficulty.

I guess we need to reduce the minimum difficulty to allow more frequent staking with reduced network weight.

I wonder if the weight dropped because someone is withholding non-lotto blocks.

Maybe the lotto payout structure needs to be analysed to ensure that it isn't game-able.

Or maybe half the network weight went offline because it's held by a single player who has technical trouble.