{"id":10747,"date":"2024-02-15T19:33:28","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T17:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/bitcoin-mining-difficulty-reaches-new-high\/"},"modified":"2024-02-15T19:33:28","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T17:33:28","slug":"bitcoin-mining-difficulty-reaches-new-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/bitcoin-mining-difficulty-reaches-new-high\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Reaches New High"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest recalibration has seen the difficulty of mining the premier cryptocurrency rise by 8.24%, setting a new record at 81.7 T.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"543\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/btccom-1-1024x543.png\" alt=\"btccom-1\" class=\"wp-image-226182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/btccom-1-1024x543.png 1024w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/btccom-1-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/btccom-1-768x408.png 768w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/btccom-1.png 1140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Data: <a href=\"https:\/\/btc.com\/stats\/diff\">BTC.com<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The average hash rate since the last adjustment was 583.92 EH\/s, with the interval between blocks being just under 10 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>On February 7, the smoothed 7-day moving average reached 597 EH\/s. At the time of writing, it stands at 560 EH\/s.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"594\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chart-Thu-Feb-15-2024-1024x594.png\" alt=\"Chart-Thu-Feb-15-2024\" class=\"wp-image-226183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chart-Thu-Feb-15-2024-1024x594.png 1024w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chart-Thu-Feb-15-2024-300x174.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chart-Thu-Feb-15-2024-768x446.png 768w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chart-Thu-Feb-15-2024-1536x891.png 1536w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Chart-Thu-Feb-15-2024.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bitcoin hash rate dynamics. Data: <a href=\"https:\/\/charts.coinmetrics.io\/crypto-data\/?config=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%3D%3D\">Coin Metrics<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/data.hashrateindex.com\/network-data\/btc\">Hashrate Index<\/a>, the <span data-descr=\"miners' revenue per unit of computing power expended\" class=\"old_tooltip\">hash price<\/span> is $0.08417 per TH.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"583\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/hashprice-11-1024x583.png\" alt=\"hashprice-11\" class=\"wp-image-226184\" srcset=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/hashprice-11-1024x583.png 1024w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/hashprice-11-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/hashprice-11-768x438.png 768w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/hashprice-11.png 1083w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hash price dynamics. Data: Hashrate Index.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier in February, Bitcoin miners&#8217; reserves <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/bitcoin-miners-reserves-decline-to-july-2021-levels\">dropped<\/a> to July 2021 levels.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts at Bitfinex note that miners are incentivized to sell in order to upgrade their infrastructure in preparation for the upcoming halving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest recalibration has seen the difficulty of mining the premier cryptocurrency rise by 8.24%, setting a new record at 81.7 T.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18,1137],"class_list":["post-10747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bitcoin","tag-cryptocurrency-mining"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"26","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}