Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Decreases by 1.2%

Bitcoin mining difficulty decreased by 1.2% to 146.47 T.

On January 8, following the latest adjustment, the difficulty of mining the leading cryptocurrency decreased by 1.2% to 146.47 T.

Previously, the metric increased by a modest 0.04%, briefly interrupting a series of declines.

At the time of writing, Bitcoin’s hash rate remains above 1 ZH/s. According to Glassnode, the seven-day moving average is at 1.04 ZH/s.

The share of public mining companies in Bitcoin’s computing power has exceeded 40%. The largest is MARA Holdings with 5.9% of the global hash rate.

In terms of pools, Foundry USA has concentrated 29%, AntPool accounts for 15.5%, and ViaBTC holds 12.9%.

According to Hashrate Index, the hash price is at $38 per PH/s per day. Shortly before the difficulty decrease, the miners’ revenue metric surpassed $40 for the first time since November 2025.

In December, institutional investors began purchasing bitcoins faster than miners could produce them.