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March 17, 2017, 08:44:22 PM

I think no..

If it does fork and their is little hash on a fork, the difficulty will still stay sky high, so blocks will just be extremely slow..
Maybe you can cpu mine a fork after difficulty retargets, but if hash is low enough for you to mine with a cpu, then it pretty much won't be worth anything..
If I understand correctly, which is 50/50 chance..

Wait a moment. If it forks, it means BU miners have a little more than 50% of the hashing power. Therefore BTC will remain with a little less than 50% and it will retarget the difficulty in a little more than a month instead of two weeks. It's not that bad!


Depends on when the fork occurs, and how much hash is left on each chain.  I'm not sure if there is a default time built in but difficultly retargets every 2016 blocks.  If hashpower drops dramatically all of the sudden on a particular fork/chain, then it will take a longer time to find blocks for sure - 15/20/1hour+, so it could take many many weeks to get things back to normal beyond the usual 2 weeks.


2016 blocks = 2 weeks .
1/2 the hashing power ~ 4 weeks