The rise from 1 to 148 trillion does not block participation, it measures how much total computational power is competing at ...

The Bitcoin network’s mining difficulty eased to 146.4 trillion on January 8, with the next adjustment expected to rise to ...

Mining difficulty for Bitcoin has risen to 148.2 trillion in the latest 2025 difficulty reset, the highest level since miners’ and adversarial network forces collided in earnest.

Mining margins weakened as hash prices declined and rig payback periods stretched, even as listed miners rallied on analyst upgrades and new HPC agreements. Profitability across the Bitcoin mining ...