wierd pause on newly mined blocks - no blocks for 56mins?

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http://blockchain.info/

During the turn from 14th to 15th there was 56minute gap in new blocks.
Only reason i noticed was because i was waiting for some transactions to go through.

Does this happen often, i thought it shouldn't? What are the odds of that just happening by chance ... Probably just chance but i would think odds of 1hr with only 1 block mined has quite low odds.

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[splatster]

It's just luck. Sometimes blocks come in quick succession, even up to 10+ blocks an hour.  Other times, however, it can drop below what might be expected.

[jjiimm_64]

good for us miners!

Network total   10.201 Thash/s
Blocks/hour            5.71 / 630 s

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heh you missed the day with 1 block in 2hrs just as the current difficulty started

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heh you missed the day with 1 block in 2hrs just as the current difficulty started

oh X)
Just thought variance would be smaller, but i guess not!

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heh you missed the day with 1 block in 2hrs just as the current difficulty started

oh X)
Just thought variance would be smaller, but i guess not!

It goes both ways, if we hit streaks where we get close to 12 blocks / hr for a couple of hours, bet on it that there would soon be a duration of >3blocks an hour for a couple of hours.