Diff thread oct 29th to Nov 12th picks are closed!! With a bonus reward.

[notlist3d]

Rising coin price coupled with falling temperatures in the northern hemisphere and winter electricity rates, and all this new hardware is going to make the next few months very fun to watch from a difficulty speculation perspective.  Throw the halving in and wow, there's really no saying what things will look like in the near future.

I got a late guess in this round, but I'm glad I did because it's looking to be headed that direction.

Even in midwest temps have been falling quite a bit.  I have not done it yet but I'm thinking I will be able to unplug my window fans that were helping air circulate from windows to mid room where miners were. 

Winter is a comming... which is always a good season for  miners.  Add higher prices per coin and were doing even better.

[philipma1957]

Rising coin price coupled with falling temperatures in the northern hemisphere and winter electricity rates, and all this new hardware is going to make the next few months very fun to watch from a difficulty speculation perspective.  Throw the halving in and wow, there's really no saying what things will look like in the near future.

I got a late guess in this round, but I'm glad I did because it's looking to be headed that direction.

Even in midwest temps have been falling quite a bit.  I have not done it yet but I'm thinking I will be able to unplug my window fans that were helping air circulate from windows to mid room where miners were. 

Winter is a comming... which is always a good season for  miners.  Add higher prices per coin and were doing even better.

coins are over 371 usd on coinbase baby!!

[notlist3d]

Rising coin price coupled with falling temperatures in the northern hemisphere and winter electricity rates, and all this new hardware is going to make the next few months very fun to watch from a difficulty speculation perspective.  Throw the halving in and wow, there's really no saying what things will look like in the near future.

I got a late guess in this round, but I'm glad I did because it's looking to be headed that direction.

Even in midwest temps have been falling quite a bit.  I have not done it yet but I'm thinking I will be able to unplug my window fans that were helping air circulate from windows to mid room where miners were. 

Winter is a comming... which is always a good season for  miners.  Add higher prices per coin and were doing even better.

coins are over 371 usd on coinbase baby!!

You beat me to the post!  Was just seeing that it dipped just a little but still in high 360!  Hopefully cross back into 270 again.... man talk about a good day.

It is a fun time to be a miner!

[philipma1957]

Rising coin price coupled with falling temperatures in the northern hemisphere and winter electricity rates, and all this new hardware is going to make the next few months very fun to watch from a difficulty speculation perspective.  Throw the halving in and wow, there's really no saying what things will look like in the near future.

I got a late guess in this round, but I'm glad I did because it's looking to be headed that direction.

Even in midwest temps have been falling quite a bit.  I have not done it yet but I'm thinking I will be able to unplug my window fans that were helping air circulate from windows to mid room where miners were. 

Winter is a comming... which is always a good season for  miners.  Add higher prices per coin and were doing even better.

coins are over 371 usd on coinbase baby!!

You beat me to the post!  Was just seeing that it dipped just a little but still in high 360!  Hopefully cross back into 270 again.... man talk about a good day.

It is a fun time to be a miner!

I sold some at 369

[adaseb]

According to my calculations I am making exactly as much now as I was making back in the GPU Litecoin mining days. Back when every R9 270X was making $5/per day/per card. Only this time with ASIC equipment.

I really wish I didn't sell all my coins earlier at $300.

[philipma1957]

According to my calculations I am making exactly as much now as I was making back in the GPU Litecoin mining days. Back when every R9 270X was making $5/per day/per card. Only this time with ASIC equipment.

I really wish I didn't sell all my coins earlier at $300.

I sold most at 300  six to be exact.

then 1 at 356 and 1 at  369.

The rest I am holding I wish I waited just a little longer, but WTF if they drop  down to 280 I will look smart.

If they go to 500 I still have a few left.

[notlist3d]

Rising coin price coupled with falling temperatures in the northern hemisphere and winter electricity rates, and all this new hardware is going to make the next few months very fun to watch from a difficulty speculation perspective.  Throw the halving in and wow, there's really no saying what things will look like in the near future.

I got a late guess in this round, but I'm glad I did because it's looking to be headed that direction.

Even in midwest temps have been falling quite a bit.  I have not done it yet but I'm thinking I will be able to unplug my window fans that were helping air circulate from windows to mid room where miners were. 

Winter is a comming... which is always a good season for  miners.  Add higher prices per coin and were doing even better.

coins are over 371 usd on coinbase baby!!

You beat me to the post!  Was just seeing that it dipped just a little but still in high 360!  Hopefully cross back into 270 again.... man talk about a good day.

It is a fun time to be a miner!

I sold some at 369

Pretty amazing it went up and down a little while and is currently on coinbase at 367.. one heck of a day and nice place to stop at hopefully we keep this gain.

Bitcoin Difficulty:    62,253,982,450
Estimated Next Difficulty:    65,869,068,079 (+5.81%)
Adjust time:    After 1243 Blocks, About 8.2 days
Hashrate(?):    479,470,161 GH/s

Bitwisdom is over 5 but I cant even be mad with increase in price

[notlist3d]

According to my calculations I am making exactly as much now as I was making back in the GPU Litecoin mining days. Back when every R9 270X was making $5/per day/per card. Only this time with ASIC equipment.

I really wish I didn't sell all my coins earlier at $300.

I sold most at 300  six to be exact.

then 1 at 356 and 1 at  369.

The rest I am holding I wish I waited just a little longer, but WTF if they drop  down to 280 I will look smart.

If they go to 500 I still have a few left.

I know what you mean I sold my S4's and put in a account to pay mining electricity.  I thought I was playing it safe and thought the same what if it goes other way.

I missed at least 1k dollars by not investing back into bitcoin and putting in a bank account in USD.   I feel stupid for it now... but I'm a cautious investor.

[adaseb]

According to my calculations I am making exactly as much now as I was making back in the GPU Litecoin mining days. Back when every R9 270X was making $5/per day/per card. Only this time with ASIC equipment.

I really wish I didn't sell all my coins earlier at $300.

I sold most at 300  six to be exact.

then 1 at 356 and 1 at  369.

The rest I am holding I wish I waited just a little longer, but WTF if they drop  down to 280 I will look smart.

If they go to 500 I still have a few left.

I know what you mean I sold my S4's and put in a account to pay mining electricity.  I thought I was playing it safe and thought the same what if it goes other way.

I missed at least 1k dollars by not investing back into bitcoin and putting in a bank account in USD.   I feel stupid for it now... but I'm a cautious investor.

I agree with you. Sometimes its better to take a little profit then not get any profit at all or even worse, get a loss.

Who knew it would go to $375.

[philipma1957]

According to my calculations I am making exactly as much now as I was making back in the GPU Litecoin mining days. Back when every R9 270X was making $5/per day/per card. Only this time with ASIC equipment.

I really wish I didn't sell all my coins earlier at $300.

I sold most at 300  six to be exact.

then 1 at 356 and 1 at  369.

The rest I am holding I wish I waited just a little longer, but WTF if they drop  down to 280 I will look smart.

If they go to 500 I still have a few left.

I know what you mean I sold my S4's and put in a account to pay mining electricity.  I thought I was playing it safe and thought the same what if it goes other way.

I missed at least 1k dollars by not investing back into bitcoin and putting in a bank account in USD.   I feel stupid for it now... but I'm a cautious investor.

I agree with you. Sometimes its better to take a little profit then not get any profit at all or even worse, get a loss.

Who knew it would go to $375.

I sold 2500 worth of coins.

 But I was very extended in that I have 3 s-7's costing over 5200.

If coins whale  away and  go way up   the s-7's do well.  If coins tank I have banked good money.

I really go with half a loaf is better then none.

[notlist3d]

According to my calculations I am making exactly as much now as I was making back in the GPU Litecoin mining days. Back when every R9 270X was making $5/per day/per card. Only this time with ASIC equipment.

I really wish I didn't sell all my coins earlier at $300.

I sold most at 300  six to be exact.

then 1 at 356 and 1 at  369.

The rest I am holding I wish I waited just a little longer, but WTF if they drop  down to 280 I will look smart.

If they go to 500 I still have a few left.

I know what you mean I sold my S4's and put in a account to pay mining electricity.  I thought I was playing it safe and thought the same what if it goes other way.

I missed at least 1k dollars by not investing back into bitcoin and putting in a bank account in USD.   I feel stupid for it now... but I'm a cautious investor.

I agree with you. Sometimes its better to take a little profit then not get any profit at all or even worse, get a loss.

Who knew it would go to $375.

I sold 2500 worth of coins.

 But I was very extended in that I have 3 s-7's costing over 5200.

If coins whale  away and  go way up   the s-7's do well.  If coins tank I have banked good money.

I really go with half a loaf is better then none.

You are right it is not all bad.  This jump makes mining much more profitable then 230's we were at forever.  So even if we profit not max... still is good overall.

I really want to see what Bitmain does on S7 price.  I can't speculate good enough to know.  But in past when it is this big of jump they raised price.

[philipma1957]

http://btc.blockr.io/charts

10-29-2015    153 blocks + 9
10-30-2015    167 blocks + 23     so +32 blocks
10-31-2015     149 blocks +5         +37
11-01-2015     150 blocks +6         +43
11-02-2015     158 blocks +14       +57


pace has picked up we have made 782 blocks should be at 725

I clock us at +7.86%

the 5.85% below is very likely too low


https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty

Bitcoin Difficulty:   62,253,982,450
Estimated Next Difficulty:   65,897,437,872 (+5.85%)
Adjust time:   After 1234 Blocks, About 8.1 days
Hashrate(?):   476,415,628 GH/s
Block Generation Time(?):   
1 block: 9.4 minutes
3 blocks: 28.4 minutes
6 blocks: 56.7 minutes


coins are nuts  coinbase is pushing 377     we could crack 400 overnight

[adaseb]

All my miners right now feel like Golden Geese. I probably wouldn't sell them at any price.

Maybe $1000 for my Antminer S3+

[philipma1957]

All my miners right now feel like Golden Geese. I probably wouldn't sell them at any price.

Maybe $1000 for my Antminer S3+

coins need to rise a bit more then 400 for that.

[EternalWingsofGod]

pace has picked up we have made 782 blocks should be at 725

I clock us at +7.86%

the 5.85% below is very likely too low

I forget what block picks are no longer accepted but seeing how it hit $500 dollars on a Canadian exchange (cavirtex) which is halfway to 1k and keeps appreciating at a rapid pace i'll keeps lurking waiting for a high pick.

In regards to pick claims I think that a range decrease of 0.1% is a good idea, however if the price appreciates at the rate it has during the next few rounds keeping 0.25% would work as old miners are likely to return to operation and the old miners becoming operational again increases the  variances if these prices remain and sustain themselves for a while.

[philipma1957]

pace has picked up we have made 782 blocks should be at 725

I clock us at +7.86%

the 5.85% below is very likely too low

I forget what block picks are no longer accepted but seeing how it hit $500 dollars on a Canadian exchange (cavirtex) which is halfway to 1k and keeps appreciating at a rapid pace i'll keeps lurking waiting for a high pick.

In regards to pick claims I think that a range decrease of 0.1% is a good idea, however if the price appreciates at the rate it has during the next few rounds keeping 0.25% would work as old miners are likely to return to operation and the old miners becoming operational again increases the  variances if these prices remain and sustain themselves for a while.

we stop at 1000 so we have about  180 to go then picks will close

[notlist3d]

coins are nuts  coinbase is pushing 377     we could crack 400 overnight

Crazy coinbase is setting at a pretty solid 379.64 right now.  So lookss like we are trying to break 380 wall.... who would have guessed this.

I love being wrong on speculation when it turns into something good.  Fun surprise to hit this on coinbase.

[philipma1957]

coins are nuts  coinbase is pushing 377     we could crack 400 overnight

Crazy coinbase is setting at a pretty solid 379.64 right now.  So lookss like we are trying to break 380 wall.... who would have guessed this.

I love being wrong on speculation when it turns into something good.  Fun surprise to hit this on coinbase.

we are over 390!

[notlist3d]

coins are nuts  coinbase is pushing 377     we could crack 400 overnight

Crazy coinbase is setting at a pretty solid 379.64 right now.  So lookss like we are trying to break 380 wall.... who would have guessed this.

I love being wrong on speculation when it turns into something good.  Fun surprise to hit this on coinbase.

we are over 390!

I should have a stock ticker on my wall to watch this.  It's a lot of fun watching it move up.  I realy want to cross 400.

It seems like we just might be able to do it toay.... I hope at least.  Good time to be a Bitcoin miner, or even a holder who held from 230.

[philipma1957]

coins are nuts  coinbase is pushing 377     we could crack 400 overnight

Crazy coinbase is setting at a pretty solid 379.64 right now.  So lookss like we are trying to break 380 wall.... who would have guessed this.

I love being wrong on speculation when it turns into something good.  Fun surprise to hit this on coinbase.

we are over 390!

I should have a stock ticker on my wall to watch this.  It's a lot of fun watching it move up.  I realy want to cross 400.

It seems like we just might be able to do it toay.... I hope at least.  Good time to be a Bitcoin miner, or even a holder who held from 230.

yeah I sold .5 coin today  and shifted more into coinbase in case we go over 400.