Category: Mining
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Bitcoin’s Hashrate Slips Below 1 Zettahash After Months at Record Power
[ad_1] After a steady stretch of flexing above the 1,000 exahash per second (EH/s) — a clean 1 zettahash per second (ZH/s) — line, Bitcoin’s network hashpower has dipped back under the 1 ZH/s bar and is now clocking in at 988 EH/s. Hashpower Pulls Back From Highs as Difficulty Relief Looms Bitcoin’s overall hashrate…
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Bitcoin difficulty just retreated, but a more critical “survival metric” signals the mining sector is bleeding out
[ad_1] Bitcoin’s first difficulty adjustment of 2026 was anything but dramatic. The network nudged the dial down to about 146.4 trillion, a pretty small retreat after the late-2025 grind higher. Graph showing Bitcoin’s mining difficulty from Oct. 14, 2025, to Jan. 14, 2026 (Source: CoinWarz) But small isn’t the same as meaningless in mining, a…
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Bitcoin’s hashrate continues to fall as the price spike doesn’t convince miners to turn machines back on
[ad_1] Bitcoin miners entered early 2026 in a familiar but increasingly unforgiving setup: network hashrate is slipping from late-2025 highs, difficulty is adjusting on a delay, and power costs remain the hard constraint that decides which fleets stay online and which go dark. The result is a market that can look resilient on the surface,…
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