The mining difficulty of Bitcoin rose by 11.35% after another recalculation. The metric reached a new all-time high — 19.31 trillion hashes (T).
Around two weeks ago, mining difficulty slid to 17.35 T from the previous record-high of 17.65 T.
It is expected that after the next recalculation the metric will set a new maximum.
The increase in mining difficulty occurred against the backdrop of Bitcoin’s hash rate reaching a record 143.1 EH/s, according to Blockchain.com.
Source: Blockchain.com.
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