Bitcoin’s Mining Difficulty Has Hit an All-Time High
Mining difficulty and hash rate are both on the up despite the leading cryptocurrency dropping 7% over the week.
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Older archive item. Useful for background and entity history, but not a fresh market-moving signal.
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