Another Adjustment: Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Falls for the First Time Since September
On January 27, 2025, the mining difficulty of the first cryptocurrency was recorded at 108.11 T. Since the last date of change, it decreased by 2.12%, according to CloverPool data.
The current average hash rate in the Bitcoin network is 825 EH/s.
Bitcoin mining difficulty and hash rate. Source: CloverPool.
Bitcoin mining difficulty is an indicator that reflects how hard it is to perform calculations to find a new block and receive mining rewards. The main goal of this adjustment is to maintain the average block finding time at about 10 minutes, regardless of changes in the overall computing power of the network.
Approximately every 14 days (every 2016 blocks), this value changes, irrespective of the network hash rate.
If finding a block takes less than 10 minutes, the difficulty increases, and if it takes longer, the difficulty decreases. Mining difficulty depends on the network hash rate and the time spent finding the previous blocks. The higher the mining difficulty, the lower the profitability indicator.
The next difficulty recalculation is expected to occur in 14 days, approximately on February 10, 2025.
On January 27, the Bitcoin rate showed a decline throughout the morning. Amidst this, the Bitcoin Hashprice Index dropped from $60 to $58 by 6:00 AM Moscow time. This indicator represents the amount a Bitcoin miner can earn for each 1 PH/s (petahash per second, 1 exahash = 1000 petahashes) of computing power per day.
The next recalculation is approximately expected on February 10, 2025.