Bitcoin difficulty reaches all-time high, hash rate up 45% in 6 months
The Bitcoin network has hit another all-time high in terms of difficulty as competition between miners intensifies. The Bitcoin network has hit yet another all-time high in mining difficulty after a steady climb since last July’s lows.On-chain analysis tool CoinWarz indicated on Feb. 18 that mining difficulty reached a new high of 27.97 trillion hashes (T). This is now the second time in three weeks that Bitcoin (BTC) has hit a new ATH in terms of difficulty. On Jan. 23, difficulty reached 26.7 T when hash rates were at 190.71 EH/s (exahashes per second).Higher difficulty means there is....
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Bitcoin difficulty for miners has been increasing to all-time high levels this year amidst price volatility. Since the start of 2022, Bitcoin (BTC) has seen a decline in price by more than 40% from its all-time high (ATH) of $69,044.77 on Nov 10, 2021.This price volatility hasn’t affected the network's ability to increase miners’ difficulty to obtain Bitcoin. As competition among miners continues to grow, Bitcoin’s difficulty reached a new ATH for the second time in two months. The hash rate has also experienced a steady climb of 45% in 6 months after last July’s lows.The Bitcoin network....