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ltc-hashrate-difficulty

Looking at the numbers showing what the next difficulty adjustment will bring to the Litecoin network we are seeing yet another significant increase in the total network hashrate and thus the difficulty. The current prognosis is for over 7% increase in a few hours and looking at the previous difficulty adjustments we are seeing a steady increase with not so little steps lately. This trend shows that while some Scrypt ASIC manufacturers have stopped their production and cancelled future plans for new hardware others are still making and shipping hardware. It seems that MAT are finally shipping mining hardware, as well as Alcheminer most likely, KnC is still shipping Titans and probably Bitmain is already testing their first AntMiner L1 Scrypt ASICs as well.

btc-hashrate-difficulty

Looking at what is happening with Bitcoin in terms of network hashrate we are seeing that unlike Litecoin there is a slight decrease in the hashrate and thus the next network difficulty might be lower by about 1.5% or even more. This is something that we are not used to seeing this when talking about Bitcoin, especially lately. If the trend continues and we see a drop in the network difficulty this would be a sign that old ASIC mining hardware is being taken offline and the new miners brought online at the moment are not able to fill that gap. This all is apparently coming from large scale mining operations that operate on a business model of mining and selling the mined coins immediately, regardless of the current exchange rate as these are not looking at Bitcoin in perspective and take into account the profitability at the moment and if it is really worth to continue using old mining hardware with the current conditions.

the-bitcoin-badlist

One of the biggest issues with Bitcoin-related and crypto currency oriented websites is with the trust, especially when talking about companies offering a product or service that you need to pay for with either cash or crypto coins. Companies claiming to make mining hardware, or selling such as well as cloud mining and investment services all try to attract customers, but among legitimate ones there are also many scams that are there just to get your money or coins and run away with them. It is hard to keep track of all of them and know which ones are legitimate and which ones are scams, especially with so many new sites appearing every day. Sometimes it is no even uncommon for some legitimate at first company to turn bad and ruin the good image they may have initially created and disappointing a lot of customers by not delivering on what they have promised. The general rule of thumb is to be careful and if something looks too good to be true, then it is most likely so and you should stay away from it, regardless if it is a promise for very high return of investment, very promising mining hardware or very competitively priced cloud mining service. Sometimes there are exclusions from that rule, but they are not very common, so you better be safe than sorry…

Fortunately there are places where you can find lists of companies that have proven to be scams or at least that are very likely to be such, based on reports from users that have tried them out or have done some research. Websites such as Badbitcoin for example offer you a quick and easy way to check if a new crypto currency website that you just found out about is legit or might be a scam. If you see the website in question listed as one to avoid or with high chance that it might be a scam, then you better avoid it just to be on the safe side. We have said that sometimes there are websites that may seem like a scam, mostly due to the operators willing to remain anonymous, but then turn out to be safe and deliver on what they are promising… these however are rare to find. There are also examples of the opposite as well – an open and honest-looking service that operates and delivers on their normal and not exaggerated promises for months suddenly turns out to be a scam, but these are also rare. Based on our own experience many of the scam sites are just going for a quick run of few weeks trying to mislead as many people as they can for a short period of time and then disappear with their money, though some scams do continue for months. This is precisely why it is a wise idea to do some research when money are involved and websites such as Badbitcoin and the lists of websites to avoid that they provide can be a useful part of your research.

Visit the wbesite Badbitcoin for more information on which websites to avoid as possible scams…

haasbot-automated-bot-trading-web-interface

Earlier this year we have started testing and using the Haasbot trading bot by getting a full license for the software. Initially we have liked the ease of use and functionality of the software, so we started playing with it trying various things. Soon however we’ve started discovering small, but annoying things that have led to stopping to use it like getting frequent software updates that essentially deleted some or all of the configured trading bots and having to set them up again. The software updates were good as they added new functionality and improvements, but then the software started loosing track of the things happening on the market and there was a slow period for the authors of the software stopping to release updates while preparing for the major release 1.0.

Earlier this month the Haasbot Automated Trading Bot 1.0 was released with a lot of new features and additions, but one of the most important ones are the addition of a lot more exchanges where you can trade such as Bitstamp, Bitfinex, BTC-E, Kraken, Huobi, Bittrex, Cryptsy, CampBX, CEX.IO, and Poloniex with more getting added. The new version of the trading bot comes with new prices as well that seem to be more accessible than before, however the standard licenses start with shorter period of just 3 months, though you can extend for 6 or 12 months with some additional discount. The Beginner and Standard License allow you to get a feel of the basic bot functionality before deciding should you need to invest in the unlimited in terms of features Advanced version. It seems that we should check the new version of the software giving it another chance, hopefully this time we are going to continue using it longer and be happy with the results without the annoying issues from the past.

For more information about the Haasbot Automated Trading Bot for crypto currencies…


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