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The problem is that the difficulty adjustment is done after a certain number of blocks, not a certain amount of time. If the hashrate halves that block count wo
by crote 4y ago
The problem is that the difficulty adjustment is done after a certain number of blocks, not a certain amount of time. If the hashrate halves that block count would take twice as long to reach, so you'd need to run at those higher difficulties for 40 weeks.
- kragen 4y agoalso a good point, but i think the scenario described would still be a big problem even without that exacerbating factor