Bitcoin Hashpower Returns, Difficulty Sees Biggest Jump In Months

Bitcoin Hashpower Returns, Difficulty Sees Biggest Jump In Months

Bitcoin hashing power pushed the difficulty up about 15% to a little past 144 trillion on Friday, based on data from CoinWarz. That move reversed an earlier drop of 10% that followed widespread outages in parts of the US. Related Reading: Crypto’s Changing Landscape Forces On-Chain Firm Parsec To Shut After 5 Years The numbers […]


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