{"id":40322,"date":"2021-04-07T13:11:10","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T10:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=40322"},"modified":"2025-08-30T13:39:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T10:39:09","slug":"bitcoin-hash-rate-hits-all-time-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/bitcoin-hash-rate-hits-all-time-high\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin hash rate hits all-time high"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The aggregate computing power of the network behind the world&#8217;s leading cryptocurrency reached a record 179.4 EH\/s.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"357\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/hashrate0704-1024x357.png\" alt=\"Bitcoin hash rate reaches all-time high\" class=\"wp-image-130969\" srcset=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/hashrate0704-1024x357.png 1024w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/hashrate0704-300x105.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/hashrate0704-768x268.png 768w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/hashrate0704-1536x536.png 1536w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/hashrate0704.png 1801w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Data: <a href=\"https:\/\/charts.coinmetrics.io\/network-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Coin Metrics<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On April 2, the Bitcoin mining difficulty recalculation occurred \u2014 the metric rose by 5.82%, reaching a record 23.14 T.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"137\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/difficulty0704-1024x137.png\" alt=\"Bitcoin mining difficulty\" class=\"wp-image-130970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/difficulty0704-1024x137.png 1024w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/difficulty0704-300x40.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/difficulty0704-768x103.png 768w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/difficulty0704.png 1415w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Data: <a href=\"https:\/\/btc.com\/stats\/diff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BTC.com<\/a>.<br \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Luxor&#8217;s mining pool chief technology officer Ethan Vera told CoinDesk in an interview that high Bitcoin prices and chip shortages have made mining profitable even with 2014-era ASIC devices.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cMany miners are currently operating with margins of 85%. There is virtually no unprofitable equipment,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Earlier in March, NiuLian Technology, the Nasdaq-listed subsidiary of The9 Ltd, acquired ASIC devices from <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/the9-acquires-24000-asic-miners-from-bitmain\">Bitmain<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/the9-expands-mining-capacity-by-40-ph-s-through-microbt-hardware\">MicroBT<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>American mining company Marathon Digital Holdings, in its Q1 2021 report, said that in the first three months it received about <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/marathon-increases-bitcoin-reserves-to-5134-btc\">10,300 Antminer S-19 Pro<\/a> from Bitmain.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on <a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/forklogcom\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">VK<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The aggregate computing power of the network behind the world&#8217;s leading cryptocurrency reached a record 179.4 EH\/s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40323,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"Bitcoin hash rate hits all-time high.","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18,1137],"class_list":["post-40322","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":"12","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"Bitcoin hash rate hits all-time high.","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40322","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=40322"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40324,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40322\/revisions\/40324"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}