Bitcoin’s seven-day average hashrate has returned above 1 zettahash per second, crossing that threshold for the first time since March 3. The network was measuring 1,080.23 exahashes per second on October 25, after a difficulty adjustment at block height 971,712. The recovery comes even as several major mining companies redirect equipment and capital toward artificial intelligence and other high-performance computing projects.
More efficient next-generation ASICs and smaller, solo, or privately held operators appear to be compensating for that shift. However, the recovery does not mean mining conditions are easy: hashprice has fallen to $36.04 per petahash per second per day from $40.42 a month earlier, while mining difficulty rose 5.92%. The combination is tightening margins, particularly for smaller operators, even as the hashrate indicates continued resilience in Bitcoin’s security network.
https://news.bitcoin.com/mining/bitcoins-7-day-hashrate-returns-to-1-zh-s-after-nearly-8-months/
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"content": "Bitcoin’s seven-day average hashrate has returned above 1 zettahash per second, crossing that threshold for the first time since March 3. The network was measuring 1,080.23 exahashes per second on October 25, after a difficulty adjustment at block height 971,712. The recovery comes even as several major mining companies redirect equipment and capital toward artificial intelligence and other high-performance computing projects.\n\nMore efficient next-generation ASICs and smaller, solo, or privately held operators appear to be compensating for that shift. However, the recovery does not mean mining conditions are easy: hashprice has fallen to $36.04 per petahash per second per day from $40.42 a month earlier, while mining difficulty rose 5.92%. The combination is tightening margins, particularly for smaller operators, even as the hashrate indicates continued resilience in Bitcoin’s security network.\n\nhttps://news.bitcoin.com/mining/bitcoins-7-day-hashrate-returns-to-1-zh-s-after-nearly-8-months/",
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