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Litecoin Mining Difficulty Is Hitting New Highs, Foundation Says
The network’s mining difficulty peaked on Friday, indicating increased competition for miner rewards.
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Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Surges to All-Time High, Putting Additional Squeeze on Miners
The difficulty gauge rose 13.55% from the last adjustment roughly two weeks ago, the largest such move since May 2021.
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Oct 10, 2022 at 12:25 p.m. UTC
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Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Edges to All-Time High
The bump in mining difficulty comes as hashrate remains strong, despite bitcoin’s price edging downward.
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Sep 14, 2022 at 5:17 a.m. UTC
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Suggestions That Bitcoin Halving Might Come Sooner Are Mostly Wrong
Bitcoin’s hashrate is reaching all-time highs, and it’s causing confusion about “the halvening” on Twitter.
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Bitcoin Miners' Profitability May Narrow as Mining Difficulty Hits Second-Biggest Increase This Year
Bitcoin miners are stepping up production as the weather cools down, so the network automatically adjusted to increase the difficulty of mining a block.
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Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Poised to Spike by Most Since January Amid Colder Weather
Some analysts are starting to see this as start of a new seasonal trend in bitcoin mining
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Aug 30, 2022 at 9:53 p.m. UTC
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Sell-Side Analysts Trim Targets for Bitcoin Miner Argo Blockchain
Earlier this week, Argo lowered its year-end hashrate outlook from 5 EH/s to 3.2 EH/s.
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Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Drops as Miners Feel the Texas Heat
It's the third consecutive downward adjustment – the first time that's happened since last July.
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Jul 22, 2022 at 12:27 p.m. UTC
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Why Bitcoin Mining Is a Matter of National Security
Buying and holding bitcoin (BTC), the asset, is not what gives people power over the Bitcoin network.
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Apr 4, 2022 at 1:53 p.m. UTC
Apr 4, 2022
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Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Drops for Second Time in March
The decrease is likely a result of miners unplugging their machines due to high energy costs, said Compass Mining CEO Whitt Gibbs.
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Eliza Gkritsi
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Mar 18, 2022 at 8:44 a.m. UTC
Mar 18, 2022
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