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December 15, 2014, 11:45:06 PM
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1 hour 40 minutes since last block was found. What has been the biggest gap known?
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December 15, 2014, 11:56:00 PM
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I recall seeing this asked before a few times

http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/2324/what-is-the-longest-time-gap-between-blocks-in-the-last-year

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Block 27: 2009-01-10 06:56:13
Block 28: 2009-01-10 15:30:57
Block 168: 2009-01-11 23:39:41
Block 169: 2009-01-12 03:22:03
Block 74637: 2010-08-15 17:02:43
Block 74638: 2010-08-15 23:53:59
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December 16, 2014, 05:38:23 AM
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what makes it to take that long for a block. huge difficulty increase or decrease?
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December 16, 2014, 05:50:55 AM
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what makes it to take that long for a block. huge difficulty increase or decrease?

Standard Deviation

Or the more precise every day term "shit happens". Cheesy

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December 16, 2014, 02:06:37 PM
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Price dropped significantly and unless you have free electricity or running a farm with newest (efficient) miners - mining is not viable anymore. But the network will readjust the difficulty eventually.
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