Bitcoin’s Mining Difficulty Rises Despite Market Drop—What Does It Mean?
Bitcoin is beginning to show signs of a potential reversal after experiencing a prolonged bearish trend. Although the cryptocurrency remains below $85,000, it has recorded a 2.6% increase, with its price currently at $83,510. Despite this short-term uptick, Bitcoin is still down by roughly 7.5% over the past week, reflecting a continued downtrend. Regardless of Bitcoin’s price struggles to regain higher levels, CryptoQuant analyst Avocado Onchain has identified a notable trend in BTC mining activity. Related Reading: Bitcoin’s SOPR Nears Critical Level—Is a Deeper Correction Ahead? Rising....
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On August 18, 2022, Bitcoin’s mining difficulty increased again after the 1.74% rise two weeks ago on August 4. At block height 749,952 at 7:07 a.m. (EST) the network’s mining difficulty rose by 0.63% from 28.17 trillion to 28.35 trillion Thursday morning.
Bitcoin Network Records Second Consecutive Difficulty Increase Since August 4
Finding a bitcoin (BTC) block is a touch more difficult today than it was during the last two weeks as the difficulty adjustment algorithm (DAA) increased by 0.63%. The increase is the second consecutive increase after the DAA jumped by....
Difficulty in Bitcoin mining jumps the second time following the mid-July dip as the ecosystem recovers continuously. The Bitcoin mining ecosystem witnesses a mining difficulty that increased after China reported a crackdown facing the mining operations. The peak of the crackdown resulted in a global hash rate of up to three-quarters. BTC.com’s latest data reveals […]
After bitcoin prices took a hit following Tesla’s recent u-turn, Bitcoin’s mining difficulty jumped over 25 trillion, the highest the metric has seen during the protocol’s lifetime. The mining difficulty spike follows the recent 12% difficulty drop the network experienced two weeks ago. Bitcoin’s Mining Difficulty Jumps to 25 Trillion, Could Hit 30 Trillion in Two Weeks After some issues with the Xinjiang grid in China three weeks ago, the overall SHA256 hashrate used by the Bitcoin (BTC) network dropped considerably. This in turn caused the BTC network’s....
The mining difficulty tied to the Bitcoin network increased for the first time in 57 days, rising 1.74% higher than the last two weeks. Meanwhile, Bitcoin’s hashrate has been below average as the network’s computational power is down 1.7% lower in the second quarter than in Q1 2022. After reaching 292 exahash per second (EH/s) on June 8, Bitcoin’s hashrate today is coasting along below the 200 EH/s mark at 182 EH/s. Bitcoin’s Difficulty Increases, Making It More Difficult to Discover Block Rewards for the Next 2 Weeks Following the three consecutive difficulty....
Bitcoin mining difficulty has posted another negative adjustment on Sunday, with the difficulty rate almost halving since mid-May. Amid the ongoing crackdown on cryptocurrency mining in China, mining new Bitcoin (BTC) continues getting easier as BTC has experienced another mining difficulty drop.On July 18, the Bitcoin network posted its fourth consecutive negative adjustment of mining difficulty, dropping 4.8%, according to data from Bitcoin explorer BTC.com.The latest mining difficulty adjustment occurred at block 691,488, reducing the difficulty rate from 14.4 trillion to 13.7 trillion,....