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Bitcoin Hashrate Spikes to 120 Exahash: Difficulty Drops Allowing Miners to Rejoin the Competition

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Bitcoin Hashrate Spikes to 120 Exahash: Difficulty Drops Allowing Miners to Rejoin the Competition


The Bitcoin hashrate is up this weekend after the network experienced it’s fourth negative difficulty adjustment this year.


The Bitcoin (BTC) protocol’s difficulty adjustment dropped over 9% on June 4, giving miners who shut off their machines a chance to join the competition once again. Moreover, Glassnode statistics show that blocks are being produced at a faster rate and at the highest levels since July 2019.


According to the Bitcoin (BTC) research and analysis firm, Glassnode, blocks are being produced at a higher level than before and at a level not seen in 11 months. That month in July 2019, the price of BTC was doing extraordinarily well and almost touched $13K per unit on global exchanges.


“Bitcoin blocks are currently being produced at a rate of almost 8 blocks per hour,” Glassnode tweeted on June 6, 2020. “This is the highest level we’ve seen since July 2019, and likely an effect of the recent difficulty adjustment.”Data from Glassnode on June 6, 2020.


Statistics show that the BTC network experienced a decent-sized difficulty drop on June 4, 2020. It was the seventh-largest difficulty drop during the protocol’s entire existence and the fourth negative drop in 2020. The drop was approximately -9.29% and almost immediately afterward, BTC’s hashrate started climbing northbound.Difficulty data from charts.Bitcoin.com on Sunday, June 7, 2020. The Bitcoin (BTC) DAA dropped -9.29% on June 4, 2020.


Difficulty drops and increases are part of the system Satoshi Nakamoto designed and the Difficulty Adjustment Algorithm (DAA) adjusts every 2016 blocks. With blocks set at roughly every 10 minutes, typically DAA drops or increases take place every two weeks on average.Absolute hashrate measured by 12-hour averages according to Fork.lol shows the BTC hashrate spiking over 120EH/s.


Data from Blockchain.com indicates that the hashrate dropped to a low of 90 exahash per second (EH/s) on May 26, 2020. News.Bitcoin.com also reported on the fact that hashpower was steadily increasing but the DAA drop on June 4, making it much easier for certain miners. Our newsdesk also reported that there were 17 mining pools hashing away at the Bitcoin network before the halving and now there are 32 pools.


Blockchain.com stats show that on June 5, the SHA256 hashpower ramped up to 109EH/s. Looking at data from today, June 7, 2020, shows that the hashrate has spiked even more to 120EH/s according to Fork.lol’s 12-hour averages.


At press time, BTC prices have been down 1.8% during the last 24 hours and the price per unit on Sunday, June 7, 2020, is between $9,425 to $9,550. The overall market capitalization of all 5,000+ coins in existence has also dropped to $269 billion at the time of publication.


What do you think about the difficulty drop on June 4 and the increased hashpower? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.Chinese Government Crackdowns and Cheap Hydropower- Miners Migrate from North to South ChinaMINING | 3 days agoBitmain Unveils Cheaper T19 Bitcoin Miner to Regain Lost Market ShareMINING | 6 days agoTags in this storyBitcoin, Bitcoin mining, BTC, BTC Price, DAA, difficulty, Difficulty Adjustment, difficulty adjustment algorithm, Hashpower, Hashrate, July 2019, June 2020, Miners, mining, Mining BTC, Mining Hashpower, SHA256


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