Big mining move: Bitcoin’s hash power increases 42% in two days
It appears many Chinese miners have completed their annual migration from Sichuan, with Bitcoin’s hash rate spiking more than 40% in two days. The hash power of the Bitcoin (BTC) network has jumped by roughly 30% over the past 24 hours, which if sustained, suggestsg a major difficulty adjustment may soon be incoming.According to Coinwarz, Bitcoin's hash rate currently sits at 157.5 exahashes per second (EX/s) after briefly pushing above 160 EH/s. As of this writing, BTC hash power has increased by 42% in two days.Bitcoin hash rate 1-month chart: CoinwarzThe spike follows a sharp decline in....
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