Newest difficulty contest. 2 ltc plus 1 compac stick as the prize. Picks closed

[philipma1957]

https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty

Bitcoin Difficulty:   860,221,984,436
Estimated Next Difficulty:   913,235,082,989 (+6.16%)

Adjust time:   After 1348 Blocks, About 9.3 days


Hashrate(?):   6,322,374,905 GH/s
Block Generation Time(?):   
1 block: 9.9 minutes
3 blocks: 29.6 minutes
6 blocks: 59.3 minutes
Updated:   17:55 (4.2 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.

We start at block 1116

[philipma1957]

No winner I rolled over the 2ltc. and the compac stick.

Link to last contest.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2021024.0


Difficulty History

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

Jul 27 2017   860,221,984,436   6.92%   6,157,708,817 GH/s

 Jul 14 2017   804,525,194,568   13.53%   5,759,015,666 GH/s
Jul 02 2017   708,659,466,230   -0.43%   5,072,782,052 GH/s
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









So 1 compac usb stick  from sidehack





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.

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

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

[TheYankeesWin!]

So we start at 1116 same as always correct?

[philipma1957]

So we start at 1116 same as always correct?

yes  and I think this is the first new block for august 1



https://blockchain.info/block-height/478479

[leowonderful]

Yep, BIP148 just locked in and Bitcoin Cash is on its way. I'm curious as to if the Cash split will make total hashrate decrease or if we will continue to see a hashrate increase on the Bitcoin network. I think it'll stagnate somewhat personally.

[QuintLeo]

Yep, BIP148 just locked in and Bitcoin Cash is on its way. I'm curious as to if the Cash split will make total hashrate decrease or if we will continue to see a hashrate increase on the Bitcoin network. I think it'll stagnate somewhat personally.

 Not seeing any significant effect so far - seems like BIP148 isn't very popular among miners, but it's early hours yet, that could change over the next few days.

[philipma1957]

So far price and diff are pretty stable.

Next few days will show more.

[leowonderful]

Yep, BIP148 just locked in and Bitcoin Cash is on its way. I'm curious as to if the Cash split will make total hashrate decrease or if we will continue to see a hashrate increase on the Bitcoin network. I think it'll stagnate somewhat personally.

 Not seeing any significant effect so far - seems like BIP148 isn't very popular among miners, but it's early hours yet, that could change over the next few days.

Miners naturally won't like it as BIP148 was made to keep the miners in track in the first place by orphaning non-SW signalling blocks. It won't really have an impact until a block is orphaned because it didn't signal SW, which is very unlikely.

[QuintLeo]

Yep, BIP148 just locked in and Bitcoin Cash is on its way. I'm curious as to if the Cash split will make total hashrate decrease or if we will continue to see a hashrate increase on the Bitcoin network. I think it'll stagnate somewhat personally.

 Not seeing any significant effect so far - seems like BIP148 isn't very popular among miners, but it's early hours yet, that could change over the next few days.

Miners naturally won't like it as BIP148 was made to keep the miners in track in the first place by orphaning non-SW signalling blocks. It won't really have an impact until a block is orphaned because it didn't signal SW, which is very unlikely.

 Seems like BIP148 is a resounding NONevent - which I seem to recall predicting in a thread or two somewhere 2-3 weeks back or so.

[philipma1957]

works for me.

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

picks start soon  at


block 1116

[alh]

So, do BCC discussions fall into the Alt-Coin area, or are they welcome here?

I am woefully ignorant about anything related to "the fork". Does anybody actually mine specifically on the fork?

[QuintLeo]

So, do BCC discussions fall into the Alt-Coin area, or are they welcome here?

I am woefully ignorant about anything related to "the fork". Does anybody actually mine specifically on the fork?

 Someone does, but apparently not a lot of folks.

 They were reported to have found their first block early today.

 Bitcoin network hashrate on the other hand didn't even noticeably blip - the current "flat" seems to be that Bitmain got all of their "July" miners shipped and they're now up and running....

[Last of the V8s]

Bitcoin Difficulty:    860,221,984,436
Estimated Next Difficulty:    923,425,791,809 (+7.35%)
Adjust time:    After 1116 Blocks, About 7.4 days
Hashrate(?):    6,297,635,446 GH/s
Block Generation Time(?):    
1 block: 9.6 minutes
3 blocks: 28.7 minutes
6 blocks: 57.4 minutes
   
Updated:    11:45 (6.3 minutes ago)


^ I'll go for 'flat'

7.4 = Last of the V8s

[QuintLeo]

6.5 = Quintleo

 Bitmain did just put a new batch of S9 up for sale (along with a CRAZY-FAST SOLD OUT batch of L3+).

[leowonderful]

Apparently the network hashrate has dropped due to BCH making mining a little more tempting for some- I will personally continue to mine BTC and BTC only but this could change. One big motivator for BCH going up is that you can't even deposit on most exchanges, so price just continues to go up. This will probably be over in a week or two and price will just settle around $200-300.

+1.5 Leowonderful

[VRobb]

+3.9 = VRobb  I believe we're still climbing irregardless of any 'other' things going on right now... 

[miguelik]

+5 = miguelik

Thanks

[philipma1957]

Bitcoin Difficulty:    860,221,984,436
Estimated Next Difficulty:    923,425,791,809 (+7.35%)
Adjust time:    After 1116 Blocks, About 7.4 days
Hashrate(?):    6,297,635,446 GH/s
Block Generation Time(?):    
1 block: 9.6 minutes
3 blocks: 28.7 minutes
6 blocks: 57.4 minutes
   
Updated:    11:45 (6.3 minutes ago)


^ I'll go for 'flat'

-1.1 = philipma1957
 1.5 = Leowonderful
 3.9 = VRobb
 5.0 = miguelik
 6.5 = Quintleo
 7.4 = Last of the V8s

Experimental Image Contribution:



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

We end at block 516

[actmyname]

+5.6 = actmyname

[philipma1957]

Bitcoin Difficulty:    860,221,984,436
Estimated Next Difficulty:    923,425,791,809 (+7.35%)
Adjust time:    After 1116 Blocks, About 7.4 days
Hashrate(?):    6,297,635,446 GH/s
Block Generation Time(?):    
1 block: 9.6 minutes
3 blocks: 28.7 minutes
6 blocks: 57.4 minutes
   
Updated:    11:45 (6.3 minutes ago)


^ I'll go for 'flat'

-1.1 = philipma1957
 1.5 = Leowonderful
 3.9 = VRobb
 5.0 = miguelik
 5.6 = actmyname
 6.5 = Quintleo
 7.4 = Last of the V8s

Experimental Image Contribution:



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

We end at block 516