{"id":23661,"date":"2025-05-05T13:06:33","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T10:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/bitcoin-mining-difficulty-decreases-by-3-34\/"},"modified":"2025-05-05T13:06:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T10:06:33","slug":"bitcoin-mining-difficulty-decreases-by-3-34","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/bitcoin-mining-difficulty-decreases-by-3-34\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Decreases by 3.34%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On May 4, following the latest recalibration, the difficulty of mining the leading cryptocurrency fell by 3.34% to 119.18 T.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2025-05-05-122157-1024x473.png\" alt=\"Snimok-ekrana-2025-05-05-122157\" class=\"wp-image-258072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2025-05-05-122157-1024x473.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2025-05-05-122157-300x139.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2025-05-05-122157-768x355.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2025-05-05-122157.png 1490w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Data: <a href=\"https:\/\/explorer.cloverpool.com\/ru\/btc\/insights-difficulty\">CloverPool<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The average hash rate was 885.12 EH\/s. <\/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>, as of May 4, the smoothed 7-day moving average reached 886 EH\/s.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/glassnode-studio_btc-mean-hash-rate-2-1-1024x576.png\" alt=\"glassnode-studio_btc-mean-hash-rate-2-1\" class=\"wp-image-258074\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/glassnode-studio_btc-mean-hash-rate-2-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/glassnode-studio_btc-mean-hash-rate-2-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/glassnode-studio_btc-mean-hash-rate-2-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/glassnode-studio_btc-mean-hash-rate-2-1-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/glassnode-studio_btc-mean-hash-rate-2-1-2048x1152.png 2048w\" 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 after the reduction in mining difficulty, the <span data-descr=\"miners' revenue per unit of computational power expended\" class=\"old_tooltip\">hash price<\/span> rose to over $50 per PH per day.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2025-05-05-123516-1024x410.png\" alt=\"Snimok-ekrana-2025-05-05-123516\" class=\"wp-image-258075\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2025-05-05-123516-1024x410.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2025-05-05-123516-300x120.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2025-05-05-123516-768x307.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2025-05-05-123516.png 1480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Data: Hashrate Index.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Back in April, the Planning Commission of Vilonia, Arkansas, unanimously <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/arkansas-residents-succeed-in-blocking-bitcoin-mining-facility\">rejected<\/a> a proposal to establish a cryptocurrency mining facility in the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 4, following the latest recalibration, the difficulty of mining the leading cryptocurrency fell by 3.34% to 119.18 T. Data: CloverPool. The average hash rate was 885.12 EH\/s. According to Glassnode, as of May 4, the smoothed 7-day moving average reached 886 EH\/s. Data: Glassnode. 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