Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Targets 8-Month High Amid BTC Price Drop
Bitcoin (BTC) may have dropped below $20,000 in six weeks, but its network fundamentals are far from gloomy. The latest development comes as the broader crypto market is in another price swing, sending the value of most digital assets downward.
The most recent on-chain metrics demonstrate that hash rate and difficulty are rapidly increasing and are far from collapsing.
Bitcoin has had a tumultuous year following the general market correction. The token, like others, continues to find itself in an up-and-down swing for some time.
Data Backs Up the ‘Rough Ride’ Difficulty Spike
Despite a week-long decline of about 7%, BTC/USD is not deterring miners. Meanwhile, the miners have recently completed their multi-month capitulation stage.
Key indicators close to the end of August show an upward trajectory as competition returns to the network after a while. This is represented by the difficulty rate, which is expected to rise by 6.8% next week. Moreover, this is due to the rivalry among miners for block incentives.
It will be the greatest upward difficulty shift since January of this year, according to statistics from the on-chain tracking platform BTC.com. Furthermore, if the 6.8% rise occurs, the difficulty will reach new all-time highs considering the factors at play.
According to Blocksbridge, a Bitcoin mining consultancy firm, there may be a difficulty bump big enough to trigger another all-time high. The company predicted the latest edition of its “Miner Weekly” newsletter in the August 27 release.
Nevertheless, Blocksbridge emphasized that the existing environment was difficult for all participants in the network.
Others with outdated hardware, for instance, were being hit the hardest due to spot price losses.
In addition, the corresponding decrease in the value of block subsidies and fees versus costs like power also contributes to the situation.
Hash Rate Rises to an All-Time High
Bitcoin’s hash rate appears to mirror difficulty in a renewed push for new highs as the network eyes more bullish figures. MiningPoolStats said the hash rate reached 246 exahashes per second (EH/s) on August 22, down from all-time highs of 251 EH/s in late April.
For clarity, hash rate describes the speed with which a machine can perform hashing operations. The hash rate of Bitcoin reflects the effectiveness and efficiency of a mining machine.
It specifies the speed with which mining hardware attempts to compute a query processing hash. A correct hash is achieved when many hashing operations are carried out.
This implies that a Bitcoin miner must process a large amount of data via a hash algorithm to produce a hash. A mine is considered a success if a specific hash value is formed.
Thus, the hash rate is relative to a miner’s or mining pool’s profitability. A higher hash rate indicates a greater likelihood of mining a block and, as a result, a greater likelihood of obtaining the block reward.
Meanwhile, the hash rate remains an estimate, and its values do not indicate direct changes or shifts in miner activity.
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