CoinDesk·4 min read·hard
Bitcoin mining difficulty shrinks 14% from this year's high as plunging revenues force operators to pivot
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Francisco Rodrigues
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Bitcoin mining difficulty has dropped 14% from its January peak as miners face compressed revenues and pivot resources toward AI and high-performance computing. The decline reflects a shift in mining economics, with operators struggling to maintain profitability amid falling Bitcoin prices and increased competition for power.
The metric, which measures how difficult it is to mine a Bitcoin block, is now at 126.23 trillion after falling 0.74%, about 1.1% below the 127.62 trillion reached a year earlier and 19.1% from the 155.97 trillion all-time high seen in November 2025.
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