Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Reaches Record 150.8T

Since the last adjustment, the figure increased by 5.9%.

On October 1st, following the latest adjustment, the mining difficulty of the leading cryptocurrency reached 150.8T. This figure increased by 5.9%, setting a new all-time high.

The difficulty has been increasing since mid-July. The block interval consistently remained below 10 minutes, but recently exceeded 11 minutes. The current forecast for the metric suggests a decrease of 1.7% to 148.1T.

According to Glassnode, the hash rate (7 DMA) has steadily remained above 1 ZH/s.

Data from BitcoinMiningStock indicates that public mining companies have increased their share of the total computing power to 39.8%.

Among mining pools, Foundry USA has concentrated 29.7% of the hash rate, AntPool accounts for 15.5%, and F2Pool holds 14.8%. Together, these three entities control about 60%.

According to Hashrate Index, the hash price increased over the past 24 hours from $49.8 to $50.3 per PH/s per day. The mining profitability metric rose amid changes in network difficulty and the recovery of digital gold to levels above $120,000.

In late September, it was revealed that bitcoin miner TeraWulf will raise $3 billion for data center construction with the assistance of Morgan Stanley.