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New Changes in Bitcoin Mining Difficulty: Causes and Effects

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by Giorgi Kostiuk

3 months ago


Bitcoin mining difficulty continues to rise, sparking interest in its impact on price and miner profitability.

What is Mining Difficulty?

Mining difficulty is a measure of how challenging it is for miners to solve the cryptographic puzzles required to mine Bitcoin. It adjusts every 2,016 blocks, or approximately every two weeks, to ensure the average block mining time stays around 10 minutes.

Impact on Bitcoin Price

Analyst James Van Straten noted that the current prolonged period of increasing mining difficulty resembles those seen in 2021 and 2018. In past periods, this coincided with times when Bitcoin reached its price peaks, but there isn't enough historical data to draw conclusions about the present impact.

Miner Profitability and New Strategies

Despite the increase in difficulty, miners remain profitable, earning about $0.048 per day per terahash per second. While rising difficulty may pose challenges, many miners find new revenue sources such as hosting computing power for AI developers and prefer to hold onto their Bitcoin.

The increase in Bitcoin mining difficulty is a significant indicator for analyzing market trends and miner strategies, although its impact on the price remains ambiguous.

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