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Subject: [Bitcoin-development] Bitcoin difficulty sanity check suggestion
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I think Bitcoin should have a sanity check: after three days if only four
blocks have been mined, difficulty should be adjusted downwards.

This might become important in the near future. I project a Bitcoin mining
bubble.

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<div dir=3D"ltr">I think Bitcoin should have a sanity check: after three da=
ys if only four blocks have been mined, difficulty should be adjusted downw=
ards.<div><br></div><div>This might become important in the near future. I =
project a Bitcoin mining bubble.</div>
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