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[philipma1957]

3 blocks left   !   



5.07%

[1715661122]

1715661122

[Kexkey]

IM SHUTTING OFF ALL MY MINERS FOR THE NEXT 45 MINS TO REDUCE THE DIFFICULTY.

ALL 1.5TH/s WORTH!

Haha!  Good idea!  Me too for the next... 26 minutes!! 

[philipma1957]

IM SHUTTING OFF ALL MY MINERS FOR THE NEXT 45 MINS TO REDUCE THE DIFFICULTY.

ALL 1.5TH/s WORTH!

Haha!  Good idea!  Me too for the next... 26 minutes!!  

you need a 30 minute block.

the good thing is you can pull it out on the last 3 blocks  if 2 are normal and 1 is 30 minutes i think you win.

[suchmoon]

IM SHUTTING OFF ALL MY MINERS FOR THE NEXT 45 MINS TO REDUCE THE DIFFICULTY.

ALL 1.5TH/s WORTH!

Haha!  Good idea!  Me too for the next... 26 minutes!! 

No no no, you should keep mining and when you find one of those blocks - throw it away  

[philipma1957]

block 34474  found 2 to go! 


I think kexkey may have grabbed the lead

[suchmoon]

block found 2 to go!

Bitcoinwisdom is lagging, still showing 3 blocks.

[philipma1957]

block found 2 to go!

Bitcoinwisdom is lagging, still showing 3 blocks.

bitcoincharts shows kexkey in the lead diff at 4.98% with 2 to go


https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty  shows 5.04%   basically  the last 2 blocks will tell the winner…  2 in under 19 minutes and galdur wins I think


Bitcoin Difficulty:   44,455,415,962
Estimated Next Difficulty:   46,696,276,690 (+5.04%)
Adjust time:   After 2 Blocks, About 18.5 minutes
Hashrate(?):   330,985,369 GH/s
Block Generation Time(?):   
1 block: 9.2 minutes
3 blocks: 27.7 minutes
6 blocks: 55.4 minutes
Updated:   18:30 (1.3 minutes ago)

[Kexkey]

IM SHUTTING OFF ALL MY MINERS FOR THE NEXT 45 MINS TO REDUCE THE DIFFICULTY.

ALL 1.5TH/s WORTH!

Haha!  Good idea!  Me too for the next... 26 minutes!! 

No no no, you should keep mining and when you find one of those blocks - throw it away  

LOL!  Block withholding for the fame...

I think I'll take the 25 BTC instead...

[philipma1957]

IM SHUTTING OFF ALL MY MINERS FOR THE NEXT 45 MINS TO REDUCE THE DIFFICULTY.

ALL 1.5TH/s WORTH!

Haha!  Good idea!  Me too for the next... 26 minutes!!  

No no no, you should keep mining and when you find one of those blocks - throw it away  

LOL!  Block withholding for the fame...

I think I'll take the 25 BTC instead...

 can't believe it is this close.  1 block to go and the winner is not decided!

kexkey is leading and will win unless block is made now!

[Kexkey]

IM SHUTTING OFF ALL MY MINERS FOR THE NEXT 45 MINS TO REDUCE THE DIFFICULTY.

ALL 1.5TH/s WORTH!

Haha!  Good idea!  Me too for the next... 26 minutes!!  

No no no, you should keep mining and when you find one of those blocks - throw it away  

LOL!  Block withholding for the fame...

I think I'll take the 25 BTC instead...

 can't believe it is this close.  1 block to go and the winner is not decided!

Exciting!

Last block took 12 minutes.  Bitcoinwisdom is lagging right now, hard to tell...

[galdur]

I´m counting on my usual luck and so putting the money on Kexkey

[philipma1957]

I´m counting on my usual luck and so putting the money on Kexkey

yeah he slipped past you.  I do not think you can win.  He could lose if the block takes a long time like a hour which can happen.

I think someone has 4.55% but they need a miracle.

[Kexkey]

I´m counting on my usual luck and so putting the money on Kexkey

  I am not usually lucky so I guess philipma has a point: if next block takes like an hour, we're both screwed!! 

[galdur]

I´m counting on my usual luck and so putting the money on Kexkey

  I am not usually lucky so I guess philipma has a point: if next block takes like an hour, we're both screwed!! 

In any event: nice job whoever has it. I´m off. Good luck, g

[philipma1957]

Kexkey +4.77%


SimplisticStu +4.55%



I think if the block is over 1 hour it could be a tie.  4.66%  is a tie.

nevermind it is done:


Difficulty History

Date                      Difficulty   Change   Hash Rate
Feb 22 2015   46,684,376,317   5.01%   334,179,783 GH/s


+5.01

[suchmoon]

https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty

5.01%

Kexkey is the winner but it was very close with galdur (0.24 vs 0.26 if my math is correct).

Please post or PM your BTC address.

Edit: actually it's 0.24 vs 0.27 but the result still stands. Congratulations Kexkey!

[SimplisticStu]

Oooooh so close, that was exciting to watch   well done kexkey

[Kexkey]

https://bitcoinwisdom.com/bitcoin/difficulty

5.01%

Kexkey is the winner but it was very close with galdur (0.24 vs 0.26 if my math is correct).

Please post or PM your BTC address.

Edit: actually it's 0.24 vs 0.27 but the result still stands. Congratulations Kexkey!

Thanks suchmoon and philipma for the contest!  That was fun until the last minute!

galdur, congrats for the race!

See you on the next thread...

[suchmoon]

The payout is on its way: https://blockchain.info/tx/79d1049fb9ea03a1712e9883bad876c9c8088acfa8cf9a9e96dc8377fd78f6f4

We'll try slightly different rules for the next one, stay tuned.

[philipma1957]

I am going to lock this. new thread is here.


https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=964922.new#new