A diff contest picks are closed. 1.5 ltc prize with a sidehack compac

[philipma1957]

Okay no one hit this.  So prize is raise to 1.5 ltc and a sidehack 1 chip usb compac.

Locking for the time being will fill in the rules in about 12 hours

Link to last thread

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1932641.msg19189742#msg19189742

   
Re: BLAST FROM THE PAST A DIFFICULTY CONTEST! PRIZES ARE 1 LTC AND A COMPAC STICK

Altered title to fit  the start  and stop info.

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Let's see how this holds up over time.
If it works well enough, feel free to quote it Phil.

when it reaches 1116 picks will start

when it reaches 516-- picks will end---- Please note  I erred and closed it early .  Next round  we will do 516

when it reaches  0 winner will be found or not





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Difficulty History

Date.......................Difficulty............Change......Hash Rate


Jun 17 2017   711,697,198,174.......   4.85% ....  5,094,526,985 GH/s

May 23 2017   595,921,917,085   6.42%   4,265,775,241 GH/s

May 10 2017   559,970,892,891   7.28%   4,008,427,786 GH/s
Apr 27 2017   521,974,519,554   0.22%   3,736,439,151 GH/s
Apr 13 2017   520,808,749,422   4.24%   3,728,094,244 GH/s
Mar 30 2017   499,635,929,817   5.03%   3,576,533,297 GH/s
Mar 17 2017   475,705,205,062   3.24%   3,405,230,497 GH/s
Mar 03 2017   460,769,358,091   4.54%   3,298,315,540 GH/s
Feb 18 2017   440,779,902,287   4.41%   3,155,225,442 GH/s
Feb 04 2017   422,170,566,884   7.43%   3,022,014,630 GH/s
Jan 22 2017   392,963,262,344   16.64%   2,812,940,600 GH/s
Jan 10 2017   336,899,932,796   6.05%   2,411,623,656 GH/s

This jump will end around June 4th. So contest will start around June 4-5-6  with picking starting at block 1116 of the next jump

Bitcoin Difficulty:   595,921,917,085
Estimated Next Difficulty:   643,997,221,046 (+8.07%)

Adjust time:   After 1664 Blocks, About 10.9 days  this is the spot  to look for the start time  next jump at 1116 not this jump


Hashrate(?):   4,637,688,482 GH/s
Block Generation Time(?):   
1 block: 9.4 minutes
3 blocks: 28.4 minutes
6 blocks: 56.7 minutes
Updated:   





So 1 compac usb stick  from sidehack

and 1 LTC coin from me. upped to 1.5 LTC



If you are overseas  I will spring for the shipping of the compac stick. Note the compact stick is the 1 chip version but as always it is fun to play with it.

[philipma1957]

Rules

The Phil contest is back!!  Aw hell yeah!

Looking forward to it, Phil.  

Have to find an older thread with the rules


https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1484047.msg14964950#msg14964950

 I am checking this list of rules from older thread

1)you must have been on this site since April 1st 2017  you must have at least 30 posts. --

2)I will check you out if you are new and decide if you can play.
3)you get one play per adjustment. which must be yours alone, in proper format and can not be changed.
4)Do not pick someone else's number If you do I will assign a number and that will not be changed
5) picks start at:

Bitcoin Difficulty:  
Estimated Next Difficulty:  
 
Adjust time:                 Block    1116  
  
Hashrate(?):  
Block Generation Time(?):  
1 block:
3 blocks:
6 blocks:
Updated:  




6) picks end at

Bitcoin Difficulty:  
Estimated Next Difficulty:
  
Adjust time:      516

Hashrate(?):  
Block Generation Time(?):  
1 block:
3 blocks:
6 blocks:
Updated:  



7)  since this is a free contest I make all decisions if there are any issues or problems.


8 ) note the change  picks start later and end late in the hope of helping a person to pick a winner.

9) format is below and this is the  contest picks from 2016 in code

as low as you want

-1.0
-0.9
-0.8
-0.7
-0.6
-0.5
-0.4
-0.3
-0.2
-0.1
0.0
+0.1
+0.2
+0.3
+0.4
+0.5
+0.6
+0.7
+0.8
+0.9
+1.0

to as high as you want

Code:

-1.2 = philipma1957  >>>>  I always pick this number


-0.5 = Erumara        
  0.0 = adaseb
+0.7 = adib
+0.8 = ingiltere
+0.9 = usenet
+1.0 = NeuroticFish
+1.4 = ahmedjamal1998 
+1.5 = lolxxxx
+1.7 = ezeminer
+2.2 = Valkir
+2.3 = fr4nkthetank
+2.7 = blindminer
+3.0 = topiOleg
+3.1 = tlhIlwI
+3.2 = Psi
+3.3 = HagssFIN     
+3.4 = HerbPean
+3.5 = Veves1
+3.6 = Cuidler

+3.7  ! Thank you!    @ Roadstress  Pleaz try to do it right >    +3.7 = Roadstress

+3.9 = flikflak
+4.0 = pusttiu
+4.1 = Amph
+4.2 = VirosaGITS
+4.5 = redhack
+4.6 = talks_cheep
+4.7 = Ankara
+4.8  = indiemax
+4.9 = ATguy
+5.0 = alh
+5.1 = FruitsBasket
+5.2 = VRobb
+5.3 = Dexter770221
+5.4 = gnaoui
+5.5 = vapourminer

+5.6 = mavericklm     I changed your pick to   +5.6 as vapourminer had +5.5

+5.7 = wlefever
+5.8 = Notlist3d
+5.9 = Chris!
+6.5 = wpt1wpt1
+6.6 = edonkey
+6.7 = zebedee
+6.8 = AM4Bitcoin
+6.9% = Mikestang
+7.6 = RichBC

Code:

Difficulty History

Date _______Difficulty_____________ Change___   Hash Rate
Jun 17 2017   711,697,198,174  .......... 4.85%.....   5,094,526,985 GH/s



May 24 2016   199,312,067,531   2.60%   1,426,731,353 GH/s
May 11 2016   194,254,820,283   8.73%   1,390,530,167 GH/s
Apr 28 2016   178,659,257,773   -0.01%   1,278,892,782 GH/s
Apr 14 2016   178,678,307,672   7.09%   1,279,029,147 GH/s
Apr 01 2016   166,851,513,283   0.82%   1,194,369,655 GH/s
Mar 18 2016   165,496,835,118   4.46%   1,184,672,491 GH/s
Mar 04 2016   158,427,203,767   -3.10%   1,134,066,098 GH/s
Feb 19 2016   163,491,654,909   13.44%   1,170,318,852 GH/s
Feb 07 2016   144,116,447,847   20.06%   1,031,625,717 GH/s
Jan 26 2016   120,033,340,651   5.89%   859,232,121 GH/s
Jan 13 2016   113,354,299,801   9.12%   811,421,684 GH/s
Dec 31 2015   103,880,340,815   11.16%   743,604,444 GH/s
Dec 18 2015   93,448,670,796           18.14%   668,931,642 GH/s
Dec 06 2015   79,102,380,900           8.77%   566,236,898 GH/s
Nov 24 2015   72,722,780,643          10.44%   520,569,941 GH/s
Nov 11 2015   65,848,255,180   5.77%   471,360,171 GH/s
Oct 29 2015   62,253,982,450   2.25%   445,631,364 GH/s
Oct 15 2015   60,883,825,480   0.12%   435,823,399 GH/s
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
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
© 2013-2014 BitcoinWisdom.com

10) Finally If I missed anything  I will be the sole  decider as to what is fair.

[TheYankeesWin!]

So you bumped it to 1.5 LTC  and a compac stick  .

Lets get another rollover.  Bring it to 2.0 LTC

[philipma1957]

So you bumped it to 1.5 LTC  and a compac stick  .

Lets get another rollover.  Bring it to 2.0 LTC

I will cap it at 2.0 LTC

So last jump was about 4.82%  and  price at coinbase is over 2500.

Mining is still ahead of April 2  price was 1147

Diff was 499


Now about 6 weeks later

price is 2550

diff is 711

[Last of the V8s]

can't remember how close the winner has to be

[philipma1957]

can't remember how close the winner has to be

in his slot


alh was too low


and you were too high

so  

as picks  low as you want


-0.2
-0.1
0.0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
1.0    is  1.0  to  1.099999999
1.1    is  1.1  to  1.199999999
1.2   is   1.2  to  1.299999999
1.3
1.4
1.5
1.6
1.7
1.8
1.9
2.0
2.1
2.2

to as high as you want


we used to get 50 to 60 to enter so usually someone hit.

[fr4nkthetank]

I suggest you open an amazon referral account, so when you help people and they buy all kinds of gear (and they do...) you get a %, and it costs the person nothing - assuming they order off amazon.  That way you could get an amazon gift card once in a while and buy yourself a good book to read while everything hashes away nicely.

[philipma1957]

I suggest you open an amazon referral account, so when you help people and they buy all kinds of gear (and they do...) you get a %, and it costs the person nothing - assuming they order off amazon.  That way you could get an amazon gift card once in a while and buy yourself a good book to read while everything hashes away nicely.

well  .029 btc was given to me


I will  use it to fund this giveaway.  and I did get a bottle of NJ cabernet  Palmaris 2013 Outer Coastal Plain Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve

from Tomasello Winery

http://shopwine.tomaselloproducts.com/product?productid=60F082D2-C8B4-407B-9E84-D0D6F9E14430


So  the coin was worth 75 usd  the wine was 25 usd

so 50 more in fundiing  for the game covers the next round

We will do 1.5 ltc and 1 usb stick   for this round as it is a carry over.  and nice low diff  see below

https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty

Bitcoin Difficulty:   711,697,198,174
Estimated Next Difficulty:   709,102,016,229 (-0.36%)
Adjust time:   After 1419 Blocks, About 10.0 days
Hashrate(?):   5,061,204,044 GH/s
Block Generation Time(?):   
1 block: 10.1 minutes
3 blocks: 30.4 minutes
6 blocks: 1.0 hours
Updated:   0:5 (3.1 minutes ago)

[Last of the V8s]

Bitcoin Difficulty:    711,697,198,174
Estimated Next Difficulty:    710,026,076,795 (-0.23%)
Adjust time:    After 1237 Blocks, About 8.6 days
Hashrate(?):    5,085,563,343 GH/s
Block Generation Time(?):    
1 block: 10.1 minutes
3 blocks: 30.1 minutes
6 blocks: 1.0 hours

~20 hours till picks open
could be a negative this time round
suddenly very thirsty

[alh]

Looks to me that it has just opened:

Bitcoin Difficulty:    711,697,198,174
Estimated Next Difficulty:    713,559,827,688 (+0.26%)
Adjust time:    After 1113 Blocks, About 7.7 days
Hashrate(?):    5,039,185,925 GH/s
Block Generation Time(?):    
1 block: 9.9 minutes
3 blocks: 29.9 minutes
6 blocks: 59.7 minutes

Phil will confirm I am sure.......

[Last of the V8s]

1.5 = Last of the V8s

[philipma1957]

We are open for picks!

coins are 2706 at coinbase


Bitcoin Difficulty:   711,697,198,174
Estimated Next Difficulty:   708,571,544,013 (-0.44%) << been a long time since we were a neg

Adjust time:   After 1082 Blocks, About 7.6 days <<<<  picking will close at block 516


Hashrate(?):   5,065,947,269 GH/s
Block Generation Time(?):   
1 block: 10.1 minutes
3 blocks: 30.1 minutes
6 blocks: 1.0 hours
Updated:   





-1.1 = philipma1957  if I win it goes to next contest

1.5 = Last of the V8s

[HagssFIN]

Let's hope for a small negative direction change. 

-0.5 = HagssFIN

[philipma1957]

We are open for picks!

coins are 2706 at coinbase


Bitcoin Difficulty:   711,697,198,174
Estimated Next Difficulty:   708,571,544,013 (-0.44%) << been a long time since we were a neg

Adjust time:   After 1082 Blocks, About 7.6 days <<<<  picking will close at block 516


Hashrate(?):   5,065,947,269 GH/s
Block Generation Time(?):   
1 block: 10.1 minutes
3 blocks: 30.1 minutes
6 blocks: 1.0 hours
Updated:   





-1.1 = philipma1957  if I win it goes to next contest

-0.5 = HagssFIN

1.5 = Last of the V8s

[vapourminer]

1.1 = vapourminer

[fr4nkthetank]

+4.2 = fr4nkthetank

[vh]

+0.5 = vh

This predicting task is tricker than it looks.   Especially when there is a chance to shift direction.

[VRobb]

Let's keep it low...

+3.9 = VRobb

[Psi]

+3.2 = Psi

[philipma1957]

We are open for picks!

coins are 2706 at coinbase


Bitcoin Difficulty:   711,697,198,174
Estimated Next Difficulty:   708,571,544,013 (-0.44%) << been a long time since we were a neg

Adjust time:   After 1082 Blocks, About 7.6 days <<<<  picking will close at block 516


Hashrate(?):   5,065,947,269 GH/s
Block Generation Time(?):   
1 block: 10.1 minutes
3 blocks: 30.1 minutes
6 blocks: 1.0 hours
Updated:   



Bitcoin Difficulty:   711,697,198,174
Estimated Next Difficulty:   707,529,484,545 (-0.59%)
Adjust time:   After 1052 Blocks, About 7.3 days
Hashrate(?):   5,093,347,969 GH/s
Block Generation Time(?):   
1 block: 10.1 minutes
3 blocks: 30.1 minutes
6 blocks: 1.0 hours
Updated:   12:0 (2.6 minutes ago)

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Let's see how this holds up over time.
If it works well enough, feel free to quote it Phil.

-1.1 = philipma1957  if I win it goes to next contest

-0.5 = HagssFIN

+0.5 = vh

1.1 = vapourminer

1.5 = Last of the V8s

+4.2 = fr4nkthetank