{"id":21431,"date":"2025-02-24T12:15:49","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T10:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/bitcoin-mining-difficulty-decreases-by-3-15\/"},"modified":"2025-02-24T12:15:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T10:15:49","slug":"bitcoin-mining-difficulty-decreases-by-3-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/bitcoin-mining-difficulty-decreases-by-3-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Decreases by 3.15%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On February 23, following the latest recalibration, the difficulty of mining the leading cryptocurrency fell by 3.15% to 110.57 T.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Difficulty-BitcoinBTC-CloverPool-formerly-BTC.com-The-worlds-leading-multi-currency-mining-pool-and-on-chain-data-service-provider-Google-Chrome-4.webp\" alt=\"Difficulty-BitcoinBTC-CloverPool-formerly-BTC.com-The-worlds-leading-multi-currency-mining-pool-and-on-chain-data-service-provider-Google-Chrome-4\" class=\"wp-image-252506\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Data: <a href=\"https:\/\/explorer.cloverpool.com\/ru\/btc\/insights-difficulty\">CloverPool<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This marks the second adjustment of the year, retreating from the historical peak of 114.17 T.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/studio.glassnode.com\/metrics?a=BTC&#038;category=&#038;ema=0&#038;m=mining.HashRateMean&#038;mAvg=7&#038;mMedian=0&#038;s=1659268705&#038;u=1674993505&#038;zoom=182\">Glassnode<\/a>, on February 7, the hash rate smoothed by a seven-day moving average reached a high of 844.95 EH\/s. At the time of writing, it had decreased to 754.8 EH\/s.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/glassnode-studio_btc-mean-hash-rate-1024x453.png\" alt=\"glassnode-studio_btc-mean-hash-rate\" class=\"wp-image-252507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/glassnode-studio_btc-mean-hash-rate-1024x453.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/glassnode-studio_btc-mean-hash-rate-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/glassnode-studio_btc-mean-hash-rate-768x340.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/glassnode-studio_btc-mean-hash-rate-1536x679.png 1536w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/glassnode-studio_btc-mean-hash-rate.png 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Data: Glassnode.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Data from <a href=\"https:\/\/data.hashrateindex.com\/network-data\/btc\">Hashrate Index<\/a> indicates that following the reduction in mining difficulty, the <span data-descr=\"miners' revenue per unit of computational power expended\" class=\"old_tooltip\">hashprice<\/span> rose to levels above $56 per PH per day.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"367\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hashprice-Google-Chrome-3-1024x367.jpg\" alt=\"Hashprice-Google-Chrome-3\" class=\"wp-image-252508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hashprice-Google-Chrome-3-1024x367.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hashprice-Google-Chrome-3-300x107.jpg 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hashprice-Google-Chrome-3-768x275.jpg 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hashprice-Google-Chrome-3.jpg 1321w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Data: Hashrate Index.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The price of Bitcoin remains in the range of $90,000-100,000, yet mining profitability is still about half of what it was before the halving in April 2024.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/theminermag.com\/news\/2025-02-23\/bitcoin-difficulty-hashprice-boost\/\">TheMinerMag<\/a>, the hash rate increase from October to December by approximately 140 EH\/s offset the positive impact of Bitcoin&#8217;s rally on mining profitability. As of early 2025, Bitmain&#8217;s Antminer S19 series devices, which still account for more than half of the global equipment fleet, are on the brink of unprofitability.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, media reports indicate that issues with importing the latest generation Antminer S21 and T21 units into the US, which began in the autumn, persist. Customs have also started detaining equipment produced by MicroBT and Canaan.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier reports noted that the number of mining farms in Russia increased by 7% in 2024, reaching 136,600. Their combined capacity exceeded 11 GW.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On February 23, following the latest recalibration, the difficulty of mining the leading cryptocurrency fell by 3.15% to 110.57 T. Data: CloverPool. This marks the second adjustment of the year, retreating from the historical peak of 114.17 T. According to Glassnode, on February 7, the hash rate smoothed by a seven-day moving average reached a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21430,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1137,1279],"class_list":["post-21431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-cryptocurrency-mining","tag-hashrate-2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"28","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}