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Bitcoin’s Total Hashrate Slides Lower in December as BTC Miners Struggle for Profits

December 2, 2022 Bitcoin.com

Bitcoin

While bitcoin prices have been lower than the estimated cost of bitcoin production, the network’s hashrate has dropped a great deal since mid-November. Presently, the total hashrate dedicated to the Bitcoin network is coasting along at 236 exahash per second (EH/s) after dropping below the 200 EH/s range six days ago. Bitcoin’s Hashrate Slips Lower […]

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Bitcoin’s Mining Difficulty Expected to Drop Significantly, Retarget Could Be 2022’s Largest Reduction

November 29, 2022 Bitcoin.com

Bitcoin

Bitcoin miners could catch a break in a week or so, on or around Dec. 5, 2022, as the next difficulty retarget is expected to see a significantly large reduction. Estimates show the next difficulty retarget could drop anywhere between 6.13% and 10% lower. Presently, the difficulty change looks as though it could be 2022’s […]

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Bitcoin’s Top Mining Pool Foundry USA’s Hashrate Climbed 350% in 12 Months

November 7, 2022 Bitcoin.com

Antpool

Last year, Bitcoin’s total network hashrate was around 160 exahash per second (EH/s), and 15 known mining pools dedicated hashrate to Bitcoin on Nov. 6, 2021. At that time, the mining pool Foundry USA was the fifth largest mining pool with 18.44 EH/s dedicated to the Bitcoin chain. During the last 12 months, Foundry has […]

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Despite Significant Difficulty and Low BTC Price, Bitcoin’s Hashrate Continues to Climb Higher

October 16, 2022 Bitcoin.com

33.59 trillion

Following the largest difficulty increase the Bitcoin network has seen in 2022, the network’s hashrate has not been affected by the 13.55% increase. In fact, five days ago at block height 758,138, the network’s computational power surpassed the all-time high (ATH) recorded on October 5, as it reached 325.11 exahash per second (EH/s) on October […]

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Current Block Times and Estimates Suggest Bitcoin’s Mining Difficulty Is About to Catapult Much Higher

October 7, 2022 Bitcoin.com

13.2%

As bitcoin is coasting along under the $20K region, the network’s hashrate is still riding high at 250.04 exahash per second (EH/s) following the all-time high (ATH) the hashrate tapped on October 5. At the time of writing, the current speed at which blocks are processed is faster than the typical ten-minute average block intervals […]

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Bitcoin’s Total Network Hashrate Hits an All-Time High at 321 Exahash per Second

October 5, 2022 Bitcoin.com

0.32115 zetahash

According to statistics on October 5, the total computational power backing the Bitcoin network tapped a fresh all-time high reaching 321.15 exahash per second (EH/s). Just after the record high, the network’s total hashrate was coasting along above the 300 EH/s on Wednesday afternoon (ET) at around 303.87 (EH/s). Bitcoin’s Hashrate Reaches a Lifetime High […]

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Data Shows Bitcoin’s Hashrate Has Grown by More Than 4 Quadrillion Percent Since 2009

October 3, 2022 Bitcoin.com

13 years

Following the network difficulty change six days ago on September 27, Bitcoin’s hashrate surpassed the 295 exahash per second (EH/s) range two times during the first two days of October. Presently the network is coasting along at 229 EH/s and block intervals have been faster than the ten-minute average, which means another upward difficulty adjustment […]

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Bitcoin’s Mining Difficulty Taps All-Time High — 220 Exahash of Hashpower Remains Strong

September 13, 2022 Bitcoin.com

All time high

Bitcoin’s mining difficulty reached a new all-time high at block height 753,984 from 30.97 trillion hashes to 32.05 trillion hashes. After two difficulty increases during the past month, the network’s mining difficulty jumped another ​​3.45% higher on September 13. Bitcoin’s Difficulty Reaches 32 Trillion The leading cryptocurrency by market capitalization, bitcoin (BTC), is now a […]

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While Bitcoin’s Hashrate Grew by 22,900% in 6 Years, Discovering Block Rewards Is Far More Difficult

September 10, 2022 Bitcoin.com

12.5 BTC per block

Over the past 12 months, Bitcoin’s hashrate has increased by 85.77%, while 53,547 blocks were mined and 334,668.75 new bitcoin were minted into circulation. More than two dozen bitcoin mining pools have dedicated hashrate toward the Bitcoin blockchain during the last six years, and while the hashrate is 22,900% higher, the number of bitcoins found […]

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Bitcoin’s Mining Difficulty Rises for the Second Time in a Row — It’s Now 0.63% Harder to Find a BTC Block

August 18, 2022 Bitcoin.com

0.63% increase

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 […]

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