difficulty bomp impact prediction as of may, 10, 2016.

bomp.py

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import sys, time

def f(diff, n):
    """
    This function returns the new difficulty.
    """
    period_count = (n + 1) // 100000
    return  max(diff + 2**(period_count - 1), 5000)

diff = 35144796295550 # starting diffculty (may 10, 2016)
blocknumber = 200000 # starting blocknumber (of difficulty bomb)
blockdate = 1441661589 # timestamp of the startblock (200,000)
numberOfBlocks2years = int(2*365*24*60*60/15)
for x in range(0, numberOfBlocks2years*5):
    blocknumber = blocknumber + 1
    diff = f(diff, blocknumber)
    if (blocknumber % (50000)) == 0:
        blocktime = 1.0 * diff / 2344796295550 # hashrate (may 10, 2016)
        _diff = diff
        str_diff = str("%.3f" % _diff)
        if (_diff > 1000):
            _diff /= 1000
            str_diff = str("%.3f" % _diff) + " K"
            if (_diff > 1000):
                _diff /= 1000
                str_diff = str("%.3f" % _diff) + " M"
                if (_diff > 1000):
                    _diff /= 1000
                    str_diff = str("%.3f" % _diff) + " G"
                    if (_diff > 1000):
                        _diff /= 1000
                        str_diff = str("%.3f" % _diff) + " T"
                        if (_diff > 1000):
                            _diff /= 1000
                            str_diff = str("%.3f" % _diff) + " P"
                            if (_diff > 1000):
                                _diff /= 1000
                                str_diff = str("%.3f" % _diff) + " E"
        str_blocktime = str("%.3f" % blocktime) + " seconds"
        if (blocktime > 150):
            blocktime /= 60
            str_blocktime = str("%.3f" % blocktime) + " minutes"
            if (blocktime > 150):
                blocktime /= 60
                str_blocktime = str("%.3f" % blocktime) + " hours"
                if (blocktime > 60):
                    blocktime /= 24
                    str_blocktime = str("%.3f" % blocktime) + " days"
                    if (blocktime > 18):
                        blocktime /= 7
                        str_blocktime = str("%.3f" % blocktime) + " weeks"
                        if (blocktime > 10):
                            blocktime /= 4
                            str_blocktime = str("%.3f" % blocktime) + " month"
                            if (blocktime > 30):
                                blocktime /= 12
                                str_blocktime = str("%.3f" % blocktime) + " years"
                                if (blocktime > 1):
                                    sys.exit()

        print("Diff on",time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S', time.localtime(blockdate+(blocknumber-200000.0) / (numberOfBlocks2years/24)*30.41*24*60*60)), "is:", str_diff, "and average blocktime is:", str_blocktime)