estimated time to produce is getting much bigger. does mean network hashrate is going up a bunch?
Yes, current work hashes look like 000000176188c0b1e4aa3e5500a1384c93ff345ab48bb2d7238fc63fb3af4f4f
Difficulty target is one in 2^28 hashes 4.46 Mega Hashes per Second to produce 1 POW per minute.
Current Queue Length is fluctuating between 95 and 99 which translates to difficulty of 27 or 28.
A typical i7 mines at about 15-25 Killo Hashes per Second so the current network is mining with about 200 to 250 i7 CPUs.
This is the current miner queue:
[
"steemit10",
"sminer55",
"steemit30",
"augusta",
"sminer56",
"sminer57",
"sminer58",
"admin",
"sminer1",
"emily",
"steemit11",
"steempty",
"steemit12",
"steemit13",
"sminer10",
"sminer59",
"steemit15",
"sminer6",
"sminer60",
"sminer61",
"sminer62",
"steemit16",
"steemit17",
"sminer63",
"sminer65",
"steemit18",
"sminer66",
"sminer11",
"steemit19",
"sminer12",
"steemit2",
"sminer13",
"steemit31",
"sminer15",
"chen",
"sminer16",
"steemit20",
"sminer17",
"sminer67",
"sminer18",
"sminer68",
"steemit21",
"sminer19",
"sminer2",
"sminer20",
"sminer21",
"administrator",
"dark",
"sminer22",
"sminer23",
"sminer69",
"any",
"sminer25",
"sminer26",
"steemit22",
"steempty1",
"steemit23",
"sminer27",
"steemit25",
"steemit32",
"steemit33",
"steempty2",
"moderator",
"sminer28",
"steemit26",
"steemthebest",
"steemit37",
"aaa",
"sminer29",
"alice",
"steemit27",
"steemit28",
"steemit35",
"sminer3",
"root",
"sminer30",
"steemit36",
"nxt",
"sminer31",
"sminer32",
"abdul",
"sminer33",
"steem",
"sminer35",
"sminer36",
"dantheman",
"bob",
"steemit29",
"gifthana",
"sminer37",
"anna",
"steemit",
"sminer38",
"steemit1",
"steemit3"
]
The miners in bold are people on this forum, the other miners are our own.