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As I commented in another thread: the difficulty adjustments happen periodically after a certain number of blocks, not after any given period of time. If the ha
by teraflop 9y ago
As I commented in another thread: the difficulty adjustments happen periodically after a certain number of blocks, not after any given period of time. If the hash rate decreases, the adjustment slows down along with everything else.
A 5%/day sustained drop is enough to halt transaction processing entirely.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16161326 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16161326
- erentz 9y agoInteresting weakness! I hadn't considered that. (Potentially also an interesting attack vector for states wanting to shut it down?) It would indeed force the community to change the difficulty algo to work around it.