That's how it works, the difficulty scales with the amount of computing power in the network. If it didn't, the entire currency supply would have been mined alr

That's how it works, the difficulty scales with the amount of computing power in the network. If it didn't, the entire currency supply would have been mined already. https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Controlled_Currency_Supply https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Controlled_Currency_Supply The real conspiracy theorists are the people who (seemingly without ANY experience and explanation) accuse Bitcoin of being a ponzi scheme or whatever else. Ask me a technical question about it and I can explain _anything_, after researching it casually for years. This is open-source so you guys better be able to back up your accusations.