Bitcoin Network Difficulty Level Goes up by 8.16%
The Bitcoin network's mining difficulty has increased by 8.13% earlier today. Thanks to the rapid expansion of cryptocurrency mining facilities across the world. Mining Bitcoin just became harder. The Bitcoin network has witnessed the difficulty level increase by 8.16% earlier today due to shortened block generation times. The Bitcoin network is probably the largest among all cryptocurrencies. Based on the Proof of Work consensus algorithm, the amount of processing power involved in Bitcoin mining is huge, equivalent to a bunch of supercomputers. The total hashing power of Bitcoin network....
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The Bitcoin mining difficulty has increased yet again, thanks to the use of efficient mining equipment and increased digital currency demand. The Bitcoin mining difficulty has increased once again. A 2.3 percent increase from the previous existing difficulty levels was reported on September 12, 2016, making it the fourth raise (fifth correction) since the Bitcoin mining rewards halving in early July 2016. At present, the difficulty level stands at 225,832,872,179 compared to the earlier level of 220,755,908,330. Similarly, the total hash rate of the Bitcoin network has also increased from....
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