Transaction

ea2aa454a0dea342d3f8780cd2f44ad2e42d5cd27dfb8b4081fc5e52bbaa3a1f
Timestamp (utc)
2024-03-24 13:21:27
Fee Paid
0.00000016 BSV
(
0.01258979 BSV
-
0.01258963 BSV
)
Fee Rate
10.56 sat/KB
Version
1
Confirmations
98,360
Size Stats
1,514 B

2 Outputs

Total Output:
0.01258963 BSV
  • j"1LAnZuoQdcKCkpDBKQMCgziGMoPC4VQUckMí<div class="post">The recent upticks in difficulty have been remarkable.&nbsp; At 511.77, I've even stopped off those machines where I don't pay for marginal power consumption.&nbsp; My calculation is that the wear/tear from elevated temperatures and full-speed fans has more risk and cost than the BTC value.&nbsp; &nbsp;(You can question my math.)<br/><br/><br/>But my question is this: Are we seeing the rise of mega-power machines, or just an exponential increase in the number of nodes?&nbsp; That is, are the top-producing machines making leaps in power (over average), or are my machines still about average, just dwarfed by the number of participating machines?&nbsp; Is there any way to tell? (node counts?)<br/><br/>I totally understand that difficulty reflects the state-of-the-art in client khash improvements, but it's clear that my own computers also represent a rapidly diminishing part of the total network generation rate.&nbsp; As the network gets larger, my chance of finding The Block every 10 minutes shrinks.&nbsp; I'm thrilled, not bitter <img alt="Smiley" border="0" src="/static/img/emoticons/smiley.gif"/> , but I'm curious to understand what has transpired over the past three weeks to make it so dramatic.<br/><br/>Cheers.<br/></div> text/html
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