The bitcoin (BTC) mining difficulty fell to 146.7 trillion on Friday while the network’s hashrate, the average of the total computing power dedicated to securing the decentralized protocol, hit an all-time high of more than 1.2 trillion hashes per second.
BTC mining difficulty is down about 2.7% from the all-time high poverty level of more than 150.8 trillion reached in the previous adjustment period, according to Coinwarz.
However, the network’s hashrate hit an all-time high on Tuesday, and remains elevated above 1.2 trillion, despite a small dip from Tuesday’s all-time high. Data from cryptoquant shows. Coinwarz also forecast:
“The next difficulty adjustment is estimated to occur on October 29, 2025, 08:14:49 AM UTC, increasing the Bitcoin mining difficulty from 146.72 t to 156.92 t, which will occur in 1,474 blocks.”
The rising hashrate signals that miners need to spend ever more efficient computing resources to add grappling with trade rulesreduced block rewards, and competition.
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Miners pivot to alternative revenue streams, but potential supply chain issues loom
Mining companies are constantly looking for alternative revenue streams to address the shortcomings from mining digital currencies, including Diversifying into AI data centers and other forms of high-performance computing.
Main scientific, kubo 8, and Iren are all re-allocating resources towards AI data centers in 2024 to boost revenue and reduce reliance on revenue generated from crypto mining.
However, data centers’ pivot to AI has created tension between Access to cheap energy sources to empower their operation.
Despite the addition of new revenue streams, the mining industry continues Face regulation challenges and fomenting supply chain issues, the latter of which stems from US President Donald Trump’s sweeping trade tariffs.
Tariffs Increase the cost of acquiring mining hardware In jurisdictions subject to tariffs on those products, miners in those areas are put at a competitive disadvantage to miners who can acquire rigs without the added costs of the tariff.
Moreover, if trade tensions between the US and China continue to grow, Export controls on computer processorschips, and other electronics can make hardware more difficult to obtain.
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