946 Exahash—Miners Push Bitcoin to New Computational Heights Despite Pay Drop
At block height 901,152 on Friday, the Bitcoin network logged its 12th difficulty adjustment of the year, slipping a slight 0.45%, which lowered the difficulty to 126.41 trillion. The next day, Saturday, miners pushed th...
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