ZEC mining Difficulty chart or how to calculate?

[smokinggun46]

Whats the current ZEC mining difficulty? What factors contribute to higher difficulty? Is there a source that maps historical difficulties?

[whfct]

Zcash Difficulty Chart - ZEC Difficulty

[whfct]

@smokinggun46

Whats the current ZEC mining difficulty? What factors contribute to higher difficulty?

See page 36 of the ZCash protocol specification.

[brainbudt]

yea like somebody understands that

[whfct]

@brainbudt

yea like somebody understands that

Put simply, difficulty is a function of hashrate and blocktime. The algorithm increases or decreases difficulty to ensure that blocktime remains at or around 2.5 minutes, irrespective of the hashrate.