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Bitcoin Difficulty Holds Flat As Hashrate Moves Sideways

Bitcoin's mining difficulty remained nearly unchanged in the latest biweekly adjustment, increasing by only 0.45%. This follows a period of sideways movement in the network's hashrate, indicating that miners are neither significantly expanding nor reducing their operational capacity. The stability comes after a period of volatility caused by a severe snowstorm in the United States in late January, which forced miners to temporarily reduce power usage, causing a sharp drop in hashrate and a subsequent major difficulty decrease. Following a quick recovery, the hashrate has since stabilized. Meanwhile, Bitcoin's price, which recently surpassed $70,000, has pulled back and is now trading around $68,300.

bitcoinist03/07 17:01

Bitcoin Difficulty Holds Flat As Hashrate Moves Sideways

bitcoinist03/07 17:01

Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Erases Frost-Driven Dips With A Sharp Rebound – What This Means For BTC

Bitcoin mining difficulty has sharply rebounded after a brief weather-related decline, signaling renewed miner participation and network resilience. Despite Bitcoin's price pressure and consolidation near $63,000—well below its recent $70,000 level—the difficulty recovery indicates sustained miner confidence. The temporary dip was caused by severe winter storms disrupting energy supplies in key mining regions, forcing some hashrate offline. However, miners quickly restored operations, pushing difficulty back to new highs. This rebound reinforces strong network fundamentals but may increase cost pressures on less efficient miners if BTC remains range-bound. Technically, Bitcoin shows weakened momentum, trading below key moving averages, with $60,000–$63,000 acting as critical support. A break below could lead to deeper retracement, while reclaiming $70,000 is necessary for a bullish shift.

bitcoinist02/25 08:02

Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Erases Frost-Driven Dips With A Sharp Rebound – What This Means For BTC

bitcoinist02/25 08:02

Bitcoin Hashpower Returns, Difficulty Sees Biggest Jump In Months

Bitcoin's mining difficulty surged by approximately 15% to over 144 trillion, reversing a previous 10% drop caused by U.S. winter storm-related shutdowns. Miners curtailed operations to support power grids and received payments for returning electricity. The rebound in hash rate triggered the protocol’s automatic difficulty increase, which strengthens security but reduces profitability for less efficient miners. Meanwhile, Bitcoin’s price hovered near $68,000 amid geopolitical tensions and cautious trading. The U.S. now plays a major role in global hash power, making regional events significant for network stability. Some miners now use flexible energy agreements to balance grid demand and create additional revenue streams.

bitcoinist02/22 05:02

Bitcoin Hashpower Returns, Difficulty Sees Biggest Jump In Months

bitcoinist02/22 05:02

Bitcoin Difficulty To Rise 14% Thursday—Why The Massive Jump?

Bitcoin's mining difficulty is set to increase by over 14% in the upcoming adjustment on Thursday, February 19th. This significant jump is a result of miners operating much faster than the expected 10-minute block time, with an average block time of 8.75 minutes since the last adjustment. The rapid pace follows a recovery in the network's hashrate after a temporary decline caused by a severe snowstorm in the United States in late January. During the storm, miners reduced operations to ease pressure on the electrical grid, leading to an 11% difficulty drop in the previous adjustment. As mining activity has now rebounded to pre-storm levels, the network is correcting the difficulty upward to maintain the target block production rate. Meanwhile, Bitcoin's price continues to trade sideways around $67,600.

bitcoinist02/18 23:32

Bitcoin Difficulty To Rise 14% Thursday—Why The Massive Jump?

bitcoinist02/18 23:32

Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Falls By 11% In Largest Drop Since China’s Ban – Details

Bitcoin mining difficulty has dropped by 11.6%, marking the largest single decline since China's 2021 mining ban. This adjustment reflects increased miner capitulation due to recent bearish market conditions, where Bitcoin's price fell significantly, pushing many miners into unprofitability. The current mining difficulty now stands at 125.86T. Despite the drop, Bitcoin's self-adjusting mechanism ensures continuous block production, and a new influx of miners is anticipated. At the time of writing, Bitcoin trades at $69,357, with mining costs averaging around $67,704, indicating ongoing pressure on mining profitability.

bitcoinist02/08 13:29

Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Falls By 11% In Largest Drop Since China’s Ban – Details

bitcoinist02/08 13:29

Bitcoin Miners Set To See Major Relief: 13% Difficulty Ease Coming

Bitcoin mining difficulty is set to decrease by approximately 13% in the upcoming adjustment on February 6th. This reduction is a response to a recent slowdown in average block production time, which increased to 11.52 minutes—above the target 10-minute rate. The slowdown was caused by a sharp drop in the global hashrate following a major U.S. snow storm that disrupted power infrastructure, forcing American miners, including the world’s largest mining pool Foundry USA, to reduce operations. Although the hashrate has since partially recovered, the difficulty adjustment is based on the average block time over the past two weeks, making the decrease inevitable. Meanwhile, Bitcoin’s price recently dropped to $60,000 but has rebounded to around $69,300.

bitcoinist02/07 15:24

Bitcoin Miners Set To See Major Relief: 13% Difficulty Ease Coming

bitcoinist02/07 15:24

If Bitcoin Drops Further, Some Miners May Switch Off — Antpool Data Explains Why

Based on Antpool data, Bitcoin's current price of around $78,000 is nearing the shutdown threshold for many mid-tier mining rigs. Models like the Antminer S19 XP+ and Whatsminer M60S are operating with minimal or no profit. If BTC drops to the $69,000–$74,000 range, even the newer S21 series could become unprofitable. However, highly efficient models like the S23 remain profitable even at much lower prices, around $44,000. A further price decline could force a wave of miner shutdowns, reducing the network hashrate and triggering a downward difficulty adjustment. This would lower costs for remaining miners, potentially signaling a market bottom, while creating short-term selling pressure as miners liquidate assets.

ccn.com02/03 10:37

If Bitcoin Drops Further, Some Miners May Switch Off — Antpool Data Explains Why

ccn.com02/03 10:37

Bitcoin Hashrate Slides As Foundry USA Loses 200 EH/s In US Cold Snap

The United States winter storm has significantly impacted Bitcoin mining, with Foundry USA, the world's largest mining pool, losing nearly 60% of its hashrate—dropping from 340 EH/s to 139 EH/s. This disruption contributed to a sharp decline in the total Bitcoin network hashrate, which fell from around 1,118 EH/s to a low of 668 EH/s. As a result, average block time has slowed to 12.28 minutes, exceeding the target 10-minute interval. The network is expected to adjust its Difficulty metric in response, with an estimated 18% reduction to compensate for the loss in mining power. Meanwhile, Bitcoin's price has declined 5.7% over the past week to around $87,700.

bitcoinist01/27 07:23

Bitcoin Hashrate Slides As Foundry USA Loses 200 EH/s In US Cold Snap

bitcoinist01/27 07:23

Bitcoin Difficulty Drops 3.3% As Miners Pull Back Hashrate

Bitcoin mining difficulty has decreased by 3.28% in the latest network adjustment, dropping from 146.47 trillion to 141.67 trillion hashes. This marks the second consecutive reduction and the fifth decline in the last six adjustments since November. The decrease is attributed to a sustained drop in the network's hashrate, which fell to a multi-month low of 978.8 EH/s in mid-January. The difficulty adjustment mechanism ensures block production remains near 10 minutes per block by increasing difficulty when miners are too fast and decreasing it when they are too slow. Meanwhile, Bitcoin's price has declined over 5% in the past week, trading around $90,000.

bitcoinist01/24 12:32

Bitcoin Difficulty Drops 3.3% As Miners Pull Back Hashrate

bitcoinist01/24 12:32

Bitcoin Hashrate Continues To Fall, Now Lowest Since September

Bitcoin's network hashrate, a key indicator of total mining computational power, has continued its recent decline. The 7-day average hashrate has now dropped to 978.8 EH/s, its lowest level since early September. This follows an all-time high set in mid-October, after which miners began to decommission equipment as BTC's price turned bearish. Despite a recent price recovery to around $93,000, miner sentiment remains weak. This sustained drop in hashrate is now directly impacting Bitcoin's mining difficulty. With average block times currently at 10.43 minutes—slower than the target 10 minutes—the network is estimated to see a 4.15% reduction in difficulty in its next automated adjustment. This adjustment, still a few days away, could change if miner activity shifts. The declining hashrate reflects a broader trend of reduced miner optimism and operational scaling back.

bitcoinist01/20 06:05

Bitcoin Hashrate Continues To Fall, Now Lowest Since September

bitcoinist01/20 06:05

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