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For the first time since November 2021, the Bitcoin (
$81,256.00 ) (BTC) mining difficulty adjustment has dropped, correcting 1.49%. The move follows a succession of 6 consecutive positive difficulty adjustments, in which the mining difficulty and hash rate hit all-time highs.
The average hashrate over the past two weeks fell to 197.19 exahashes per second (EH/s), and the average block time exceeded the 10-minute target, at 10 minutes 09 seconds. As a result of the difficulty adjustment, miners competing to solve the next valid block find it marginally easier.
Bitcoin ( $81,256.00 ) mining difficulty marginally dropping after an 8 month climb. Source: Glassnode
The difficulty adjustment is one of the Bitcoin ( $81,256.00 ) protocol’s most prominent features. Every two weeks or 2,016 confirmed blocks the difficulty for mining a new block “adjusts” based on the average of the past 2,016 blocks, making it easier or more difficult to mine blocks.
From the Bitcoin ( $81,256.00 ) whitepaper, Satoshi Nakamoto wrote, “the proof-of-work difficulty is determined by a moving average targeting an average number of blocks per hour. If they’re generated too fast, the difficulty increases.”
By inference, over the past 2,016 blocks, blocks were generated too slowly – an average of 10 minutes, 09 seconds. As a result, the difficulty adjustment automatically decreases and miners will hence forth find it marginally easier to solve valid blocks over the next 2,016 blocks.
According to Denver Bitcoin ( $81,256.00 ) , a well-known Bitcoin ( $81,256.00 ) miner, the -1.49% correction could be on the only one for the year.
Bitcoin ( $81,256.00 ) just had its first downward difficulty adjustment of 2022.
Will it be the only downward adjustment of the year?
Experts still calling for 300eh+ average by December.
Fun times. pic.twitter.com/l3x8hNevaU
— Adam O (@denverbitcoin) March 3, 2022
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A correction of 1.49% dwindles in comparison to the mining dark ages of May to July of 2021 when a ban on Bitcoin ( $81,256.00 ) mining in China caused a catastrophic drop in the hash rate. However, it swiftly climbed up over the course of 2021, surging by 31% as countries like Kazakhstan and Canada picked up the slack proving the network’s resilience.
The Bitcoin ( $81,256.00 ) mining industry is increasingly competitive, with tech industry players including Intel keen to make a dent in the hash rate and introduce their own miners. As Denver Bitcoin ( $81,256.00 ) alluded, the 300 eh/s hash rate could be an attainable goal in 2022 particularly as mining shows growing resilience and geographic flexibility.
