Difficulty slowdown: Is this turning into a long-term trend? [Discussion Thread]

[RoadStress]

I wonder if any new hardware will ROI right now.... Any of you guys want to help compile a list of whats shipping ATM? I'll start with 5 random ones, feel free to add on. I assumed spondoolies shipping was free, but I'm not sure. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Spondoolies SP35 "Yukon"
1.94 BTC/TH  (PSU INCLUDED, SHIPPING INCLUDED)
0.66 W/GH
Delivery November*
Very good specs, but will it ship?

Yes it will ship!

[armedmilitia]

I wonder if any new hardware will ROI right now.... Any of you guys want to help compile a list of whats shipping ATM? I'll start with 5 random ones, feel free to add on. I assumed spondoolies shipping was free, but I'm not sure. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Spondoolies SP35 "Yukon"
1.94 BTC/TH  (PSU INCLUDED, SHIPPING INCLUDED)
0.66 W/GH
Delivery November*
Very good specs, but will it ship?

Yes it will ship!

So we hope! Spondoolies has a good rep, but anything can happen. Maybe they'll pull a Neptune. 

[Puppet]

Seems like the difficulty slowdown...




...  just stopped slowing down.

[fairlay]

So - what will be the difficulty at the end of the year?

[spiderbrain]

I am amazed people are still getting into mining at this price. How is anyone making any money?

[FattyMcButterpants]

Seems like the difficulty slowdown...




...  just stopped slowing down.

The spike in hashrate could very well be "good luck" by the overall network. We don't know for sure that additional mining capacity was actually added to the network.

I would speculate that since the price of bitcoin has been overall declining for some time now that less and less additional miners are going to be added to the network

[Puppet]

Estimated Next Difficulty:   39,183,914,852 (+8.89%)
Adjust time:   After 459 Blocks, About 2.9 days
Hashrate(?):   306,218,586 GH/s

Thats (way) too much for just luck. The network may not be above 300PH yet, its definitely above above the previous 257.

As for the impact of declining prices, check the charts above. Mining is still too profitable for anyone with access to cheap electricity and hardware at cost, ie, for all those private mega mines.