Diff thread oct 15th to oct 29th picks are closed!! With a bonus reward.

[philipma1957]

 first off congrats to Lboss    0.20 prize and a sidehack usb stick as a bonus. Nice win +0.12% is in the middle of your pick  of +0.01% to +0.25%



We are back to normal prize this time 0.10

picks will  be open from 300th to 1000th block made.



results of last thread are here

 https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1197739.160


last thread 1st post

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1197739.0

The bonus reward is this stick.  https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1086011.0  it was the second tester stick




the hub and 2 sticks use 13 watts.

[philipma1957]

winning results and diff adjustments below

Dfficulty History




Date-------   Difficulty---   Change----   Hash Rate


Oct 15 2015   60,883,825,480   0.12%   435,823,399 GH/s  Lboss winner



Oct 01 2015   60,813,224,039   2.49%   435,318,014 GH/s
Sep 17 2015   59,335,351,234   4.17%   424,738,988 GH/s
Sep 04 2015   56,957,648,455   4.98%   407,718,729 GH/s
Aug 22 2015   54,256,630,328   2.95%   388,384,088 GH/s
Aug 08 2015   52,699,842,409   0.81%   377,240,166 GH/s
Jul 25 2015   52,278,304,846   2.35%   374,222,683 GH/s
Jul 11 2015   51,076,366,303   3.39%   365,618,871 GH/s
Jun 28 2015   49,402,014,931   -0.58%   353,633,397 GH/s
Jun 14 2015   49,692,386,355   4.42%   355,711,957 GH/s
May 31 2015   47,589,591,154   -2.50%   340,659,563 GH/s
May 17 2015   48,807,487,245   2.44%   349,377,603 GH/s
May 03 2015   47,643,398,018   0.07%   341,044,727 GH/s
Apr 19 2015   47,610,564,513   -3.71%   340,809,696 GH/s
Apr 05 2015   49,446,390,688   5.84%   353,951,052 GH/s
Mar 22 2015   46,717,549,645   -1.50%   334,417,246 GH/s
Mar 08 2015   47,427,554,951   1.59%   339,499,662 GH/s
Feb 22 2015   46,684,376,317   5.01%   334,179,783 GH/s
Feb 09 2015   44,455,415,962   7.71%   318,224,263 GH/s
Jan 27 2015   41,272,873,895   -6.14%   295,442,739 GH/s
Jan 12 2015   43,971,662,056   8.20%   314,761,417 GH/s
Dec 30 2014   40,640,955,017   3.00%   290,919,288 GH/s
Dec 17 2014   39,457,671,307   -1.37%   282,449,013 GH/s
Dec 02 2014   40,007,470,271   -0.73%   286,384,627 GH/s
Nov 18 2014   40,300,030,328   1.76%   288,478,854 GH/s   Sp20 and S-5 arrives  the onset of stable growth rates

Nov 05 2014   39,603,666,252   10.05%   283,494,086 GH/s
Oct 23 2014   35,985,640,265   2.81%   257,595,247 GH/s
Oct 09 2014   35,002,482,026   0.98%   250,557,526 GH/s
Sep 25 2014   34,661,425,924   16.20%   248,116,151 GH/s
Sep 13 2014   29,829,733,124   8.75%   213,529,547 GH/s
Aug 31 2014   27,428,630,902   15.03%   196,341,788 GH/s
Aug 19 2014   23,844,670,039   20.86%   170,686,797 GH/s
Aug 08 2014   19,729,645,941   5.30%   141,230,307 GH/s
Jul 25 2014   18,736,441,558   8.08%   134,120,673 GH/s
Jul 12 2014   17,336,316,979   3.08%   124,098,191 GH/s



Jun 29 2014   16,818,461,371   24.93%   120,391,236 GH/s  Introduction of the s-3 the major turning point of diff increase
Jun 18 2014   13,462,580,115   14.51%   96,368,902 GH/s
Jun 05 2014   11,756,551,917   12.44%   84,156,677 GH/s
May 24 2014   10,455,720,138   18.10%   74,844,960 GH/s
May 12 2014   8,853,416,309   10.66%   63,375,223 GH/s
Apr 29 2014   8,000,872,136   14.64%   57,272,474 GH/s
Apr 17 2014   6,978,842,650   14.04%   49,956,502 GH/s
Apr 05 2014   6,119,726,089   22.23%   43,806,706 GH/s
Mar 24 2014   5,006,860,589   17.80%   35,840,504 GH/s
Mar 13 2014   4,250,217,920   11.39%   30,424,245 GH/s
Feb 28 2014   3,815,723,799   21.92%   27,314,015 GH/s
Feb 17 2014   3,129,573,175   19.39%   22,402,357 GH/s
Feb 05 2014   2,621,404,453   19.49%   18,764,744 GH/s
Jan 24 2014   2,193,847,870   22.59%   15,704,175 GH/s


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[philipma1957]

feel free to post but no picks until some time on SAT

[suchmoon]

Bitmain, please take your time testing Batch 1. A couple more weeks of NOT shipping the miners is ok now that a compensation plan - weak as it may be - is in place.

[philipma1957]

Bitmain, please take your time testing Batch 1. A couple more weeks of NOT shipping the miners is ok now that a compensation plan - weak as it may be - is in place.

I agree and I am awaiting an s-7 batch 2.

[Mikestang]

I was blown away that we got a flat adjustment last period.  Shipping delays have to be the culprit, as we've been waiting for the new gear to hit for a couple adjustments now.  I think the winner last round only picked the winning range because that was all that was left, lol!

So I'm expecting a bigger bump this time, but I expected that the last 3 and was surprised at how wrong I was each time.

[notlist3d]

Bitwisdom tonight:

Bitcoin Difficulty:    60,883,825,480
Estimated Next Difficulty:    61,015,353,518 (+0.22%)
Adjust time:    After 1911 Blocks, About 13.0 days
Hashrate(?):    463,504,329 GH/s

Might have some S7's during this period to push it up.  If not the next one.  But it's coming.

[philipma1957]

Bitwisdom tonight:

Bitcoin Difficulty:    60,883,825,480
Estimated Next Difficulty:    61,015,353,518 (+0.22%)
Adjust time:    After 1911 Blocks, About 13.0 days
Hashrate(?):    463,504,329 GH/s

Might have some S7's during this period to push it up.  If not the next one.  But it's coming.

yeah   http://btc.blockr.io/charts

10-15-2015   164 blocks made  -------144 norm         + 20  but ⅓ were last  adj so + 14   blocks and about   +13% 



I could see over 10%  If bitmaintech fills  B1 ,B2 ,B3   which it could during this adjustment


                                                                                                 

[notlist3d]

Bitwisdom tonight:

Bitcoin Difficulty:    60,883,825,480
Estimated Next Difficulty:    61,015,353,518 (+0.22%)
Adjust time:    After 1911 Blocks, About 13.0 days
Hashrate(?):    463,504,329 GH/s

Might have some S7's during this period to push it up.  If not the next one.  But it's coming.

yeah   http://btc.blockr.io/charts

10-15-2015   164 blocks made  -------144 norm         + 20  but ⅓ were last  adj so + 14   blocks and about   +13% 



I could see over 10%  If bitmaintech fills  B1 ,B2 ,B3   which it could during this adjustment

I am very afraid of this.   If  they do all of these it could really hurt.  Only thing saving us is b2 and b3 have not sold out.  So I'm hoping lower sales...  but I'm not sure of that.

If Bitmain does make all three it likely could be one of the worst in recent history.

[EternalWingsofGod]

Bitmain, please take your time testing Batch 1. A couple more weeks of NOT shipping the miners is ok now that a compensation plan - weak as it may be - is in place.

Well I have been anticipating them for a while, that said starting to get tempted to bet against them delivering on the schedule seeing how the last two rounds went. Either way it is coming.

[philipma1957]

price has pushed to 260 usd.  it could make up for the jump in diff.

[philipma1957]

https://blockchain.info/blocks

379197 (Main Chain)   2015-10-16 16:58:37
379092 (Main Chain)   2015-10-16 00:12:37


106 blocks    should be 102  


coins are at 266 usd


we may see a very interesting increase here.

both price and diff


we have not seen 266 since aug 12th

at 266 and 10 cents a kwatt an s-7 can make over power costs until diff goes to 217  since diff is 60 it would seem that we are all good.

except that the ½ -ing is coming.

so at 266 and 10 cent power the s-7 turns profit at   108 diff

[Mikestang]

price has pushed to 260 usd.  it could make up for the jump in diff.

Or it could add to the coming hash frenzy that should hit the network and get people to turn on even more miners, maybe ones that have been off all summer.  You wouldn't know it from where I live, but the northern hemisphere is (technically) well into fall and temps should be more favorable.

[troleybüs]

This time I'm waiting bigger diff. Equipments in transit will be opened this period.

[adaseb]

Most likely in 2 weeks it will be +5 and in 4 weeks it will be +10%. Especially since BTC is almost $270 and winter is coming.

[philipma1957]

Most likely in 2 weeks it will be +5 and in 4 weeks it will be +10%. Especially since BTC is almost $270 and winter is coming.

yeah I see 2 good jumps possible.

[notlist3d]

Most likely in 2 weeks it will be +5 and in 4 weeks it will be +10%. Especially since BTC is almost $270 and winter is coming.

yeah I see 2 good jumps possible.

Right now hanging around 260 on BTC.  Pretty nice little jump.

It all depends on how fast they produce the new S7's.  Also it appears they are testing hashing boards and putting stickers on them.  So it's possible they might ship miners without data center burn in.   If not we will see a data center raise the difficulty doing burn in's.

[philipma1957]

this number is weird.


https://blockchain.info/blocks


379233 (Main Chain)   2015-10-16 23:33:56

379092 (Main Chain)   2015-10-16 00:12:37


142 blocks made we should be 143   since we have 10 minutes left for the day .


so we are -1 on the day.

yesterday we were +20.

[notlist3d]

Price keeps going up higher 264 is pretty amazing right now.  I hope we keep rising as it's very nice to see.

I am surprised how fast it moved.  Man is it good tough.

[VirosaGITS]

Price keeps going up higher 264 is pretty amazing right now.  I hope we keep rising as it's very nice to see.

I am surprised how fast it moved.  Man is it good tough.

At this rate we'll be looking into breaking 300s by Christmas, which would be a great present to me if it did. The difficulty does not seem to be climbing too aggressively and depending on how many people turn to ASIC heating for winter and new ASIC hitting the doors, we might be able to ride out the difficulty rise with an ahead profitability.