{"id":83449,"date":"2023-08-23T10:01:45","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T07:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=83449"},"modified":"2025-09-12T11:10:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T08:10:53","slug":"bitcoin-mining-difficulty-climbs-to-a-fresh-all-time-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/bitcoin-mining-difficulty-climbs-to-a-fresh-all-time-high\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin mining difficulty climbs to a fresh all-time high"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a result of another adjustment to <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/what-are-hashrate-and-mining-difficulty-in-cryptocurrencies\">mining difficulty<\/a> for the first cryptocurrency, it rose by 6.17%, updating the all-time high to 55.6 T.<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-full\\\"><img decoding=\\\"async\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2023-08-23-v-09.36.29.webp\\\" alt=\\\"Snimok-ekrana-2023-08-23-v-09.36.29\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-214180\\\"\/><figcaption class=\\\"wp-element-caption\\\">Data: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/explorer.btc.com\/btc\/insights-difficulty\\\">BTC.com<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Average hash rate for the period since the <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/bitcoin-mining-difficulty-resumes-its-rise\">previous adjustment<\/a> stands at 399.36 EH\/s. The block interval was 9.5 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\\\"https:\/\/studio.glassnode.com\/metrics?a=BTC&#038;category=&#038;ema=0&#038;m=mining.HashRateMean&#038;mAvg=7&#038;mMedian=0&#038;s=1659268705&#038;u=1674993505&#038;zoom=182\\\">Glassnode<\/a>, on August 17 the smoothed 7-day moving average metric reached a maximum of 414 EH\/s.<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-large\\\"><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" width=\\\"1024\\\" height=\\\"576\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/glassnode-studio_bitcoin-mean-hash-rate-7d-moving-average-5-1024x576.png\\\" alt=\\\"glassnode-studio_bitcoin-mean-hash-rate-7d-moving-average-5\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-214181\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/glassnode-studio_bitcoin-mean-hash-rate-7d-moving-average-5-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/glassnode-studio_bitcoin-mean-hash-rate-7d-moving-average-5-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/glassnode-studio_bitcoin-mean-hash-rate-7d-moving-average-5-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/glassnode-studio_bitcoin-mean-hash-rate-7d-moving-average-5-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/glassnode-studio_bitcoin-mean-hash-rate-7d-moving-average-5.png 1800w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\\\" \/><figcaption class=\\\"wp-element-caption\\\">Data: Glassnode.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to <a href=\\\"https:\/\/data.hashrateindex.com\/network-data\/btc\\\">Hashrate Index<\/a>, over the last 24 hours <span data-descr=\\\"miners' revenue per unit of hash power\\\" class=\\\"old_tooltip\\\">hashprice<\/span> fell by 5% \u2014 from $63 per PH per day to $60.<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-full\\\"><img decoding=\\\"async\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2023-08-23-v-09.44.21.webp\\\" alt=\\\"Snimok-ekrana-2023-08-23-v-09.44.21\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-214182\\\"\/><figcaption class=\\\"wp-element-caption\\\">Data: Hashrate Index.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Genesis Digital Assets <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/genesis-digital-assets-launches-a-green-data-centre-for-bitcoin-mining\">expanded<\/a> its bitcoin mining capacity in Sweden with the launch of a new data centre. The 417 MW facility is located in the north of the country near a hydroelectric plant in Porjus.<\/p>\n<p>On the night of August 19, a solo miner <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/solo-miner-earns-about-160000-for-mining-a-bitcoin-block\">mined block #803 821<\/a> in the Bitcoin network and received 6.31 BTC as a reward, including fees.<\/p>\n<p>Hardware maker Bitmain <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/bitmain-to-pay-compensation-if-bitcoin-falls-sharply\">launched a volatility-protection mechanism<\/a> for its customers. For three months after purchasing an S19j XP installation, the company was obliged to pay compensation if Bitcoin prices fall more than 20%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin mining difficulty rose 6.17% after another adjustment, hitting an all-time high of 55.6 T.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":83450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1137],"class_list":["post-83449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-cryptocurrency-mining"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"18","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83449","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=83449"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83451,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83449\/revisions\/83451"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}