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If all the chinese miners drop out suddenly, how long does it take to mine those 2016 blocks? More precisely, how much longer than 20160 minutes (2 weeks)? If
by qznc 9y ago
If all the chinese miners drop out suddenly, how long does it take to mine those 2016 blocks? More precisely, how much longer than 20160 minutes (2 weeks)?
If Bitcoin transaction rate would be significantly reduced for weeks or months, would that kill it in the sense that Litecoin or Ethereum would take over?
- moufestaphio 9y agoIt should happen right away I believe. As soon as the next block after the 2016th is accepted, the difficulty updates. The transaction rate would only be affected for a max of two weeks as I understand it. As for how the 'market' would react if all Chinese miners dropped out, I have no idea :)