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<p>Dalson: /* External Links */</p> <hr /> <div>Shows an estimate of the amount of time, on average, that you will need to do mining at the specified hash rate before you will generate a [[blocks|block]] and earn bitcoins. Additionally, the optimistic (50% probability) and pessimistic (95% probability) estimates are shown as well.<br /> <br /> The hash rate refers to the rate that your mining hardware is performing at as reported by your miner software or from an estimate obtained from the [[mining hardware comparison]] tables.<br /> <br /> The calculation is performed like this:<br /> *Get the current [[target]].<br /> *Divide by 115792089237316195423570985008687907853269984665640564039457584007913129639935, which is the maximum value of a 256-bit number. You now have the probability of a single hash solving a block.<br /> *Take the reciprocal of the probability to get the average number of hashes to solve a block.<br /> *Divide the average number of hashes by your hash/s (''not'' khash/s) to get the average number of seconds required to solve a block.<br /> <br /> ==See Also==<br /> <br /> * [[Power Calc]]<br /> * [[Profitability Calculator]]<br /> <br /> ==External Links==<br /> * [http://www.alloscomp.com/bitcoin/calculator.php Generation Calculator] website<br /> * [http://www.btcserv.net/bitcoin-calculator/ Bitcoin Mining Calculator] website<br /> * [http://btcbase.com/tools/ Alternative Bitcoin Mining Calculator] website<br /> [[Category:Mining]]</div>

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