Bitcoin mining difficulty drops for fourth time in a row

Bitcoin mining difficulty drops for fourth time in a row

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,....


Related News

Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Increases for the Fourth Time Since Halving

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....

Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Hits New ATH, Sees Fourth Straight Uplift

The Bitcoin mining difficulty has registered another positive adjustment today, which has led to the metric setting a new all-time high (ATH). Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Has Seen Four Consecutive Positive Changes Now The “mining difficulty” is a feature on the Bitcoin blockchain that controls how hard the miners would find it to hash blocks on […]

Bitcoin Network’s Mining Difficulty Drops for the First Time in 2 Months

Following four consecutive Bitcoin mining difficulty increases, the network’s difficulty dropped for the first time in 68 days, sliding 2.14% at block height 756,000 on Tuesday. The change means it’s currently 2.14% easier to find a bitcoin block reward following the mining difficulty’s all-time high (ATH) that took place on September 13. Bitcoin Difficulty Slides 2.14% Bitcoin miners caught a break this week after the network’s mining difficulty slid by 2.14% on Tuesday evening. The difficulty is now 31.36 trillion following the 32.04 trillion ATH recorded on....

Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Drops for the Third Time in 2022, Just Over 100K Bl...

Bitcoin miners have received their third break this year as the network’s mining difficulty adjusted downward by 1.26% on April 14 at block height 731,808. Currently, miners have more than 200 exahash per second (EH/s) in computational power dedicated to mining the Bitcoin blockchain as hashrate increased after the difficulty reduction. Additionally, bitcoin miners have another 108,160 blocks to go until the bitcoin reward halving that’s estimated to occur on or around May 3, 2024. Bitcoin Miners Catch Their Third Break in 2022 Bitcoin’s mining difficulty adjustment....

Bitcoin Difficulty Increases 6% — It’s Still 48% Easier to Find BTC Blocks Th...

As expected, Bitcoin’s mining difficulty increased this week jumping 6.03% higher on July 31. The change marks the first increase out of five difficulty adjustment changes. This was after four downward difficulty drops made it 54% easier to mine bitcoin than it was prior to mid-May. Bitcoin’s Mining Difficulty Increases 6%, Difficulty Is Expected to Increase Again in 11 Days On July 31, at block height 693,504, the Bitcoin blockchain’s difficulty adjusts itself depending on how much hashpower is dedicated to the network. The more hashrate dedicated to the BTC chain, the....