Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Adjusts Downward For Second Time In A Row
Bitcoin mining difficulty has been adjusting for a while now. With the hashrate falling as more miners go offline due to declining profitability, mining difficulty has been following pretty much the same trend. However, instead of falling the trend that was persistent through the last two months, the difficulty has been adjusting downward instead. Mining […]
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Last week, the bitcoin hashrate touched a new all-time high after tremendous growth. While this was a welcome development, it had significant implications for the next mining difficulty adjustment which took place on Monday. As expected, the difficulty adjustment had jumped by double-digits, beating even the highest of forecasts. Difficulty Adjusts By 13.5% Over the last week, the forecasts for the bitcoin mining difficulty adjustment put it at a high of Related Reading: LUNC Community Clamors For Coinbase Listing, Can It Reach $1? 9-12%. These ranged from the conservative side to the....
Bitcoin recorded another mining difficulty rise on Sunday, October 23, 2022, at block height 760,032 rising 3.44% higher. This means that not only is it 3.44% harder to find a bitcoin block subsidy, the network’s mining difficulty has also reached another all-time high (ATH) by tapping 36.84 trillion.
Bitcoin’s Mining Difficulty Adjusts Upwards by 3.44%, Now at 36.84 Trillion
This weekend, Bitcoin’s (BTC) mining difficulty jumped 3.44% higher than the height miners dealt with during the past two weeks or the last 2,016 blocks. The network’s difficulty....
This will be the third mining difficulty downward adjustment in a row with four downward adjustments over the course of the last five difficulty epochs.
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