I altered titled as it is due in six days and it is due to be 15%.
15% drop will certainly help mining a bit.
https://diff.cryptothis.com/Latest Block: 684701 (25 minutes ago)
Current Pace: 84.2944% (1278 / 1516.11 expected, 238.11 behind)Previous Difficulty: 20608845737768.16
Current Difficulty: 25046487590083.27
Next Difficulty: between 21118059506978 and 21571461275629
Next Difficulty Change: between -15.6845% and -13.8743%Previous Retarget: May 13, 2021 at 4:55 AM (+21.5327%)
Next Retarget (earliest): Saturday at 11:08 AM (in 5d 17h 31m 40s)
Next Retarget (latest): Saturday at 7:31 PM (in 6d 1h 55m 1s)
Projected Epoch Length: between 16d 6h 12m 49s and 16d 14h 36m 10s
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The reality is last July mining btc sucked. It was hard to make a profit with an s17pro and 6 cent power.
Now a s9 and 6 cent power makes a profit.
the math is
13th x 20 cents a day. = 2.60
24 kwatts a day at 6 cents = 1.44
so 1 s9 makes 1.16 a day
next week 15% shift bumps the cents per th to 23 cents or 2.99 a day and 1.44 = 1.55 profit with a shitty s9
Last summer I purchased a s17 pro used for 850 usd I was offered 5000 for it. that is too good.
my s17 does 1850 watts or 45 kwatts a day at 6 cents power that is 2.70 in power
it earns 11.00 a day
so 11.70-2.70 = 8.30 a day.
last summer it made
6 and cost 2.7 = 3.30 a day
so
the s9 is still okay at 6 cents
the s17 is good at 6 cents.
they will improve when the diff drops in six days.
We are no where near last July's numbers.