Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Jumps 5.54% as Miner Revenue Falls
Hashrate has recovered 21% since July, strengthening network security while tightening margins and widening the gap between efficient miners and higher-cost operators.
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Hashrate has recovered 21% since July, strengthening network security while tightening margins and widening the gap between efficient miners and higher-cost operators.
A modest hashprice gain has not settled the outlook: weak fees and an immature difficulty forecast leave miner economics tied to BTC and subsidy.
The Ethiopia pause adds a company-level signal to a broader mining squeeze, with Bitcoin facing one of its biggest difficulty drops while miner income remains under pressure.
The 11th-largest downward adjustment on record follows a 15% June price drop that idled unprofitable rigs — and the structural reallocation of hashpower to AI keeps that capacity from coming back…