{"id":24693,"date":"2025-06-14T13:17:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T10:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/bitcoin-mining-difficulty-stalls-in-growth\/"},"modified":"2025-06-14T13:17:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T10:17:01","slug":"bitcoin-mining-difficulty-stalls-in-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/bitcoin-mining-difficulty-stalls-in-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Stalls in Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following the latest recalibration, the difficulty of mining the leading cryptocurrency adjusted by 0.45% to 126.41 T.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"551\" 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-9-1024x551.jpg\" alt=\"Difficulty-BitcoinBTC-CloverPool-formerly-BTC.com-The-worlds-leading-multi-currency-mining-pool-and-on-chain-data-service-provider-Google-Chrome-9\" class=\"wp-image-260435\" srcset=\"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-9-1024x551.jpg 1024w, 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-9-300x161.jpg 300w, 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-9-768x413.jpg 768w, 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-9.jpg 1188w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/explorer.cloverpool.com\/ru\/btc\/insights-difficulty\">CloverPool<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The metric slightly retreated from the <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bitcoin-mining-difficulty-reaches-new-high-of-126-98-t\">all-time high<\/a> of 129.98 T, reached two weeks ago.<\/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>, the hash rate (<span data-descr=\"smoothed by a seven-day moving average\" class=\"old_tooltip\">7 DMA<\/span>) stands at 936.4 EH\/s, nearly matching the record level recorded on May 31.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"455\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/glassnode-studio_btc-mean-hash-rate-1-3-1024x455.png\" alt=\"glassnode-studio_btc-mean-hash-rate-1-3\" class=\"wp-image-260436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/glassnode-studio_btc-mean-hash-rate-1-3-1024x455.png 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/glassnode-studio_btc-mean-hash-rate-1-3-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/glassnode-studio_btc-mean-hash-rate-1-3-768x341.png 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/glassnode-studio_btc-mean-hash-rate-1-3-1536x683.png 1536w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/glassnode-studio_btc-mean-hash-rate-1-3-2048x910.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: Glassnode.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Data from <a href=\"https:\/\/data.hashrateindex.com\/network-data\/btc\">Hashrate Index<\/a> indicates that the <span data-descr=\"miners' revenue per unit of computing power\" class=\"old_tooltip\">hashprice<\/span> remained around $53 per PH\/s per day over the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Bitcoin&#8217;s price maintaining levels above $100,000, the mining profitability metric has not approached the local highs of December 2024, which were around ~$64.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hashprice-Google-Chrome-10-1024x364.jpg\" alt=\"Hashprice-Google-Chrome-10\" class=\"wp-image-260437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hashprice-Google-Chrome-10-1024x364.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hashprice-Google-Chrome-10-300x107.jpg 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hashprice-Google-Chrome-10-768x273.jpg 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Hashprice-Google-Chrome-10.jpg 1337w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: Hashrate Index.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, analysts at JPMorgan described the first three months of 2025 as the &#8220;best quarter&#8221; for public companies in the sector since monitoring began over two years ago. Experts noted that miners collectively achieved a gross profit of about $2 billion with a margin of 53%, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/markets\/2025\/06\/13\/bitcoin-miners-just-had-one-of-their-best-quarters-on-record-jpmorgan-says\">CoinDesk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The lowest total cost of mining 1 BTC during the period was recorded by IREN at approximately $36,400, while the highest was by MARA at ~$72,600.<\/p>\n<p>In May, MARA <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/mara-mines-record-950-btc-in-a-month-post-halving\">mined<\/a> a post-<a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/bitcoin-undergoes-fourth-halving\">halving<\/a> record of 950 BTC, increasing production by 35% compared to the previous month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the latest recalibration, the difficulty of mining the leading cryptocurrency adjusted by 0.45% to 126.41 T. Source: CloverPool. The metric slightly retreated from the all-time high of 129.98 T, reached two weeks ago. According to Glassnode, the hash rate (7 DMA) stands at 936.4 EH\/s, nearly matching the record level recorded on May 31. 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