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Title: Why the mining difficulty increase? Post by: darkshadowgirl on November 13, 2013, 09:45:45 PM Why is there an increase in mining difficulty? Is the 'by design' or is it a by-product of the network just getting larger organically thus requiring more computer power to run?
If 'by design', what is the reasoning behind that? Title: Re: Why the mining difficulty increase? Post by: Gator-hex on November 13, 2013, 10:30:04 PM The network is balanced by raising the difficulty so a block about every ten minutes is solved...
...six blocks per hour x 24 hours per day x 25 BTC reward = 3600 new Bitcoins per day (until 2016). Yes it's by design, it causes us to compete to solve the block, which drives computational efficiency, and it doesn't flood the system with new coins too quickly. Title: Re: Why the mining difficulty increase? Post by: Asinine on November 14, 2013, 12:58:33 AM The reasoning is specifically to limit the rate of which newly found bitcoins enter the market, as darkshadowgirl mentioned. This is done for much the same reason as in more traditional currencies: To prevent hyperinflation due excess currency printing that far outstrips demand. It helps stabilize the perceived value of the currency.
Title: Re: Why the mining difficulty increase? Post by: DannyHamilton on November 14, 2013, 01:49:14 AM The reasoning is specifically to limit the rate of which newly found bitcoins enter the market It is also done to limit the rate at which new blocks are broadcast onto the network to avoid issues with network latency that could lead to an excessive number of orphaned blocks. Title: Re: Why the mining difficulty increase? Post by: hasher87 on November 14, 2013, 02:10:54 AM more miners
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