The latest hashrate estimate on bitcoinwisdom is: 57,527,772 GH/s
and: Estimated Next Difficulty: 8,624,181,349 (+7.79%)
on bitcoindifficulty.com the increase for difficulty predicted is: " Next difficulty (estimate): 8,144,959,615 (+2%)"
This is less than half of what we've been getting bimonthly for the past 11 months, and first single digit increase in a year.
The difficulty predictions are estimates but the hashrate is not increasing nonetheless.
What high efficiency ASICs were to be delivered this month ?
next month?
This summer?
Is there anyone keeping an updated list of predictions in hashrate to be delivered? (perhaps by following the manufacturers posts?)
They may not be correlated, but how do you think this will affect the value of bitcoin? (more people will dump coins? or hold?)
I believe that the reason why hash rate is not increasing is because high efficiency ASICs manufacturers who book the pre orders long ago increased the hash rate long ago as well , now they have made double profits and they are ready to ship the machines hence once delivered buyer would just plug it and start mining but it will not make any difference to the network hash rate because the machines were already mining for manufacturers.
I am sure that only people who are making big money is Asic manufacturers and early adopters of bitcoins.
People are dumping and holding as well , it depends on your choice..