Bitcoin Mining Just Got Tougher as Difficulty Spikes and Hashrate Slips
On Saturday, at block height 897,120, Bitcoin’s mining difficulty increased by 2.13%, reaching 121.66 trillion and marginally raising the computational challenge required to uncover new blocks. Bitcoin Mining Difficulty...
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Older archive item. Useful for background and entity history, but not a fresh market-moving signal.
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