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[Vlada69]

What’s the expected increase this time?
And do you have a good site to track expected increases?

I use to use a few but they’re all outdated now

I use https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty

Still says the same except It might be increase of difficulty tomorrow.

[BSGMiner]

***BUYERS BEWARE!!!***

Glad we got another, but, boy, do I have a story to share tomorrow...

Is it Good?
Will you tell us on Friday?

It may be Good Friday, but my story is not--more annoying than anything, actually. I'll provide details here soon, but in the meantime...

Is anyone familiar with that cryptoHWwallet
 seller on Amazon, eBay, etc.?

Sorry for the long lead-up, but I was already up too late last night and too busy today with this pesky day-job to run this by everyone...

So, you all may have noticed I've been talking about a hardware wallet I ordered. Well, it was supposed to be a "new" Ledger HW.1, and although it came in a plastic-sealed box, it was half punched out of it's plastic card-shaped holder, AND it had obvious scratch marks across the plastic and gold-plated contact area. At best it was careless workmanship; at worst it was as clear as day tampering, and who knows what else?!

Anyway, I just wanted to try saving others some grief if they too were looking for a cheap but brand name solution to work as a hardware wallet. Thanks to Kano 's advice, I'm leaning more toward a standalone Linux machine dedicated to Bitcoin Core... Wish me luck!

[BSGMiner]

2 more days till diff increase. cmon guys make it worth while!

What’s the expected increase this time?
And do you have a good site to track expected increases?

I use to use a few but they’re all outdated now

call me an optimist but with some blocks taking over an hour to solve and the profitability of mining in the toilet at the moment im hoping it will go down

If nothing else the huge pools could agree to stop mining once we hit 2000 blocks and let the smaller pools find them, and when the difficulty changes, won't that have an affect on what the new difficulty is?

Edit: I'll admit that I'm probably not thinking or speaking wisely on this subject. It does sound like I'm trying to beat the system here... Shame on me for even mentioning it; however, I'll still leave the comment here for discussion purposes.

[ccgllc]

Thanks for the heads up.  Never understood Hardware Wallets.  Too great of a chance to physically lose them or damage them - at which point your back to your pass string that needs to be printed and stored someplace safe (like a bank safety deposit box, except those are not as safe as people think compliments of "abandonment" laws that line government pockets).

I'm fond of the idea of a Linux box, running Bitcoin Core, with everything but that DNATed traffic turned off.  e.g.  No Telnet, no SSH, no Apache, no anything allowed in.  Only access is via the console.  No GUI either.  In my mind, this is something like a minimal Gentoo box.  Keep a "pocket money" wallet on something convenient, like a Windows box running Bitcoin Core, that you transfer funds too as needed.  You have all deposits go to the Linux box.  Downsides:

1) double transaction fee to spend (thus a pocket money wallet that you only push coins too occassionally)
2) delays associated with 1) when you need to spend if your pocket money wallet is low
3) the possibility someone steals the physical box
4) not helping the network by being a full node (since inbound traffic would be blocked)
5) the inconvenience of needing to login via the console to check your balance

But at least I feel its secure.

Good news is that it doesn't have to be much of a box.  Just something with enough storage to hold the blockchain for awhile (250-500GB SSD or SATA drive depending on how future proof you want it)

[ccgllc]

If nothing else the huge pools could agree to stop mining once we hit 2000 blocks and let the smaller pools find them, and when the difficulty changes, won't that have an affect on what the new difficulty is?

That is about the same as asking Walmart to shutdown to allow the local Mom & Pop stores some business.

[CryptoStash]

Since Kano started posting the Monthly Block Statistics in March 2016, the best month we've had for Luck% was April 2017 with 147.47%.  This month is at 140.28% which makes March 2018 the 2nd best month percentage-wise.  I believe 1 more block before the end of this month will make this month the best we've had on Monthly Statistics since March 2016 when the table started!

The luckiest day in pool history was my birthday and this absurd luck spree started when I plugged in here beginning of March...



....  coincidence?



Absolutely.

[Vlada69]

If nothing else the huge pools could agree to stop mining once we hit 2000 blocks and let the smaller pools find them, and when the difficulty changes, won't that have an affect on what the new difficulty is?

That is about the same as asking Walmart to shutdown to allow the local Mom & Pop stores some business.

Walmart is going into business of robotic bees to spread the pollen on their crops. So I wouldn't count that out

[VRobb]

<snip>
If nothing else the huge pools could agree to stop mining once we hit 2000 blocks and let the smaller pools find them...
<snip>

Put the bong down!    And mine on! 

[gaud]

***BUYERS BEWARE!!!***

Glad we got another, but, boy, do I have a story to share tomorrow...

Is it Good?
Will you tell us on Friday?

It may be Good Friday, but my story is not--more annoying than anything, actually. I'll provide details here soon, but in the meantime...

Is anyone familiar with that cryptoHWwallet
 seller on Amazon, eBay, etc.?

Sorry for the long lead-up, but I was already up too late last night and too busy today with this pesky day-job to run this by everyone...

So, you all may have noticed I've been talking about a hardware wallet I ordered. Well, it was supposed to be a "new" Ledger HW.1, and although it came in a plastic-sealed box, it was half punched out of it's plastic card-shaped holder, AND it had obvious scratch marks across the plastic and gold-plated contact area. At best it was careless workmanship; at worst it was as clear as day tampering, and who knows what else?!

Anyway, I just wanted to try saving others some grief if they too were looking for a cheap but brand name solution to work as a hardware wallet. Thanks to Kano 's advice, I'm leaning more toward a standalone Linux machine dedicated to Bitcoin Core... Wish me luck!

hw wallets should only ever be bought from the manufacture for security reasons. anyone can reseal a container

[rifleman74]

2 more days till diff increase. cmon guys make it worth while!

What’s the expected increase this time?
And do you have a good site to track expected increases?

I use to use a few but they’re all outdated now

call me an optimist but with some blocks taking over an hour to solve and the profitability of mining in the toilet at the moment im hoping it will go down

For every hour long block, there's blocks that are solved within a few seconds/minutes.  It all evens out.  More and more machines coming online = difficulty rising.

[clgrissom3]

Since Kano started posting the Monthly Block Statistics in March 2016, the best month we've had for Luck% was April 2017 with 147.47%.  This month is at 140.28% which makes March 2018 the 2nd best month percentage-wise.  I believe 1 more block before the end of this month will make this month the best we've had on Monthly Statistics since March 2016 when the table started!

The luckiest day in pool history was my birthday and this absurd luck spree started when I plugged in here beginning of March...

....  coincidence?

Absolutely.

The luckiest day in pool history happened three times, 4/13/2016 with 11 blocks (I earned 2.94BTC that day!), 7/23/2016 with 11 blocks, and 8/5/2016 with 11 blocks...which one is your birthday?

[padrinogtr]

2 more days till diff increase. cmon guys make it worth while!

 two more needed
MINE ON!!!

you have 10 s9 there?

11 now

[AerialGopher]

I'm such a pervert.....

I never thought I would be on top of another Miner.

114  AerialGopher  85.18THs
115  Tanya            85.03THs

Hey, at least its a girl.  I just hope she is a Miner and not a Minor... 

[lok8nusa]

Some time soon (next few hours) I'll be adding an S7 to the mix, although it's already familiar with kano.is.

Thank you, rifleman74!


MINE ON!!!

[padrinogtr]

ill pick up two more S9 tonight
hopefully hook em up later on
MINE ON!!!

[Vlada69]

2 more days till diff increase. cmon guys make it worth while!

 two more needed
MINE ON!!!

you have 10 s9 there?

11 now

update your hash rate please and if you need a coupon let me know

[ccgllc]

update your hash rate please and if you need a coupon let me know

Update where?

[Vlada69]

update your hash rate please and if you need a coupon let me know

Update where?

Was talking to padrinogtr Dude. He'll know.

[BSGMiner]

<snip>
If nothing else the huge pools could agree to stop mining once we hit 2000 blocks and let the smaller pools find them...
<snip>

Put the bong down!    And mine on!  

I actually LOL'd when I read this. Well, it was more of LQTM (laughing quietly to myself).

If you think about it, though, they would get more blocks due to staving off a higher difficulty.

Oh, well... MINERS GONNA MINE!!!

[rifleman74]

Some time soon (next few hours) I'll be adding an S7 to the mix, although it's already familiar with kano.is.

Thank you, rifleman74!


MINE ON!!!

Hurray, glad it's gone to a good home.  Treat it with care!

AND MINE ON WITH KANO-SAN!