Bitcoin Difficulty Surges 4.68%, Taps New All-Time High; Metric Set to Surpass 40 Trillion 3 min read 2023 Bitcoin Difficulty Surges 4.68%, Taps New All-Time High; Metric Set to Surpass 40 Trillion The Bitcoin blockchain recorded another difficulty increase on Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023, at block height 774,144. The...Read More
Bitcoin Network’s Mining Difficulty Rises to All-Time High, Making Block Discovery More Challenging 3 min read All time high Bitcoin Network’s Mining Difficulty Rises to All-Time High, Making Block Discovery More Challenging admin January 16, 2023 Bitcoin’s mining difficulty printed a record increase on Jan. 15, 2023, rising 10.26% to 37.73 trillion at...Read More
While Miners Deal With Low BTC Prices, Bitcoin’s Mining Difficulty Target Expected to Increase 3% Higher 3 min read Bitcoin While Miners Deal With Low BTC Prices, Bitcoin’s Mining Difficulty Target Expected to Increase 3% Higher admin December 18, 2022 Bitcoin’s mining difficulty target is expected to increase on Dec. 19, 2022, after printing the largest reduction...Read More
Bitcoin’s Total Hashrate Slides Lower in December as BTC Miners Struggle for Profits 3 min read Bitcoin Bitcoin’s Total Hashrate Slides Lower in December as BTC Miners Struggle for Profits admin December 2, 2022 While bitcoin prices have been lower than the estimated cost of bitcoin production, the network’s hashrate has...Read More
While Known Mining Pools Currently Dominate, Unknown Miners Discovered the Most Bitcoin Blocks During the Last 13 Years 3 min read antminers While Known Mining Pools Currently Dominate, Unknown Miners Discovered the Most Bitcoin Blocks During the Last 13 Years admin September 24, 2022 The Bitcoin network has been operational for 5,012 days and so far, more than 755,000 blocks have...Read More
Bitcoin’s Mining Difficulty Taps All-Time High — 220 Exahash of Hashpower Remains Strong 3 min read All time high Bitcoin’s Mining Difficulty Taps All-Time High — 220 Exahash of Hashpower Remains Strong admin September 14, 2022 Bitcoin’s mining difficulty reached a new all-time high at block height 753,984 from 30.97 trillion hashes to...Read More
Current Block Times Suggest Bitcoin’s Halving Is Coming Sooner Than Expected 4 min read April 2024 Current Block Times Suggest Bitcoin’s Halving Is Coming Sooner Than Expected admin September 12, 2022 Bitcoin’s hashrate has been running hot despite the lower prices and the recent difficulty increases. In fact,...Read More
Bitcoin’s Mining Difficulty Slides 5% Dropping to Levels Not Seen Since March 3 min read 13 known pools Bitcoin’s Mining Difficulty Slides 5% Dropping to Levels Not Seen Since March admin July 22, 2022 On July 21, 2022, at 2:14 p.m. (ET) at block height 745,920, Bitcoin’s mining difficulty dropped by...Read More
Despite the Low Price, Bitcoin’s Hashrate Remains Elevated as Difficulty Taps an All-Time High 4 min read 10.45% Despite the Low Price, Bitcoin’s Hashrate Remains Elevated as Difficulty Taps an All-Time High admin May 14, 2022 Amid the Terra blockchain meltdown, Bitcoin’s hashrate has been well above the 200 exahash per second range,...Read More
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Hits a Lifetime High After a 5.56% Increase, Metric Nears 30 Trillion 1 min read 29 trillion Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Hits a Lifetime High After a 5.56% Increase, Metric Nears 30 Trillion admin April 28, 2022 Jamie Redman Jamie Redman is the News Lead at Maximumhorrors.com News and a financial tech journalist living...Read More
Bitcoin’s Hashrate Surges Reaching a Lifetime High, Difficulty Expected to Jump Next Week 2 min read 12 known mining pools Bitcoin’s Hashrate Surges Reaching a Lifetime High, Difficulty Expected to Jump Next Week admin April 25, 2022 Bitcoin’s hashrate tapped a lifetime high this weekend reaching 271.19 exahash per second (EH/s) on Saturday, April...Read More
With Over 90% of BTC’s Supply Issued, Bitcoin’s Mining Difficulty Reaches a Lifetime High 2 min read 11 pools With Over 90% of BTC’s Supply Issued, Bitcoin’s Mining Difficulty Reaches a Lifetime High admin April 2, 2022 Bitcoin’s mining difficulty increased this week on March 31, 2022, at block height 729,792 for the first...Read More