After the next recalculation of the complexity of bitcoin mining, the indicator increased by 3.45%. At the same time, the complexity reached 32.05 trillion hashes – this is the maximum figure in the history of the network.
This summer, the hashrate of the Bitcoin network, and after it the difficulty of mining, decreased significantly – this was affected by the shutdown of equipment in the US state of Texas. Due to record-breaking hot weather, local authorities have asked to turn off cryptocurrency mining devices in order to smooth out peaks in energy consumption.
However, the heat in Texas has passed and the hashrate has recovered to its previous values, and now it has increased slightly, which has led to an increase in mining difficulty to a record high of 32.05 trillion hashes. Now the average daily hashrate is 229.39 EH/s.
Mining difficulty is recalculated about once every two weeks. Note that two weeks earlier, the difficulty increased immediately by 9.26%. The next difficulty recalculation should take place in 13 days. According to the BTC.com forecast, in two weeks the indicator will decrease by 1.5%.
Earlier, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy reported that electricity consumption by cryptocurrency miners in the United States reached 50 billion kWh per year.
Source: Bits
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