When is next major Ethereum difficulty spike?

[davemanet]

In the past I recall it used to spike every couple of months.  Anyone know when the next *major* difficulty spike will be?

[ltcsprite]

None left I think.

Just difficulty from added hash power.

[davemanet]

None left I think.

Just difficulty from added hash power.

That's what I thought too.  Anyone else heard the same or something different?

[Metroid]

None left I think.

Just difficulty from added hash power.

That's what I thought too.  Anyone else heard the same or something different?

Spike will happen only if eth suddenly doubles or triples its price overnight, plus people are very careful about adding more gpu's cause mining could die anytime.

Well to serve your case, last time i checked, difficulty was 1.5, now is 1.85, which means 20% in few days.

[jmigdlc99]

None left I think.

Just difficulty from added hash power.

Not sure about this but wasn't the Ethereum "ice age" just postponed because of the metropolis-byzantium update? Meaning it's not removed but still built into the code but designed to activate at a later date (later block height)?

Was wondering about the same as i'm also considering adding more mining rigs. 1 year is enough for ROI and some profit anyway right?

[Metroid]

Not sure about this but wasn't the Ethereum "ice age" just postponed because of the metropolis-byzantium update? Meaning it's not removed but still built into the code but designed to activate at a later date (later block height)?

There is no ice age anymore.

[malthrax]

Not sure about this but wasn't the Ethereum "ice age" just postponed because of the metropolis-byzantium update? Meaning it's not removed but still built into the code but designed to activate at a later date (later block height)?

There is no ice age anymore.

the combined carbon footprint of all the Ethereum miners has staved off the ice age 

[davemanet]

None left I think.

Just difficulty from added hash power.

That's what I thought too.  Anyone else heard the same or something different?

Spike will happen only if eth suddenly doubles or triples its price overnight, plus people are very careful about adding more gpu's cause mining could die anytime.

Well to serve your case, last time i checked, difficulty was 1.5, now is 1.85, which means 20% in few days.

Yeah the 20% increase kind of scared me.  What's the odds that it'll continue like this?  It'll make it harder to get ROI

[smoolae]

Not sure about this but wasn't the Ethereum "ice age" just postponed because of the metropolis-byzantium update? Meaning it's not removed but still built into the code but designed to activate at a later date (later block height)?

There is no ice age anymore.

the combined carbon footprint of all the Ethereum miners has staved off the ice age 

Yeah the 20% increase kind of scared me.  What's the odds that it'll continue like this?  It'll make it harder to get ROI

If difficulty gets too mad then just switch the coin you are mining

[Metroid]

Yeah the 20% increase kind of scared me.  What's the odds that it'll continue like this?  It'll make it harder to get ROI

Not only you, I guess all knowledgeable miners are scared about this jump, this is a huge farm somewhere opening up or just somebody moved all or part of his miners to mine eth cause he might envision eth doubling, triple price soon.

[adaseb]

Most likely its the miners who mined XMR and ZEC they switch back and forth based on profitability.

Difficulty was flat for like an entire month, so it makes sense especially with ETH going to $800