{
"subject": "Webpage idea: Next predicted difficulty change",
"content": {
"format": "html",
"body": "<div class=\"post\">It would be neat if someone had a page (like that handy calculator at <a href=\"http://www.alloscomp.com/bitcoin/calculator.php\">http://www.alloscomp.com/bitcoin/calculator.php</a>) that projects what the next difficulty adjustment will be.<br/><br/>projected difficulty adjustment multiplier = <br/><br/> blocks_since_last_adjustment / 2016<br/> ------------------------------------<br/> time_since_last_adjustment / 14_days<br/><br/>For instance, if it already got half way to the next adjustment in only 3.5 days instead of 7, we would expect difficulty to double:<br/><br/> (1008/2016) / (3.5/14) = 0.5/0.25 = 2.0<br/><br/>Also, it could show the predicted time when the next adjustment will occur, and tell when the last adjustment was and how much it changed.</div>"
},
"source": {
"name": "Bitcoin Forum",
"url": "https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=651.msg6760#msg6760"
},
"date": "2010-07-31T01:32:08Z"
}