Bitcoin Miners Shift Toward Energy Infrastructure as Difficulty Nears 139 Trillion and Hashrate Surpasses 1 ZH/s
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Jamie Redman
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Summary
Bitcoin's network difficulty increased by 1.72% at block height 951552, while hashrate surpassed 1,000 EH/s (1 ZH/s). Bitcoin's price fluctuated between $72,800 and $77,700 over the past week, tightening mining profitability. The article discusses how Bitcoin miners are expanding beyond traditional mining into energy infrastructure, transforming their business models amid changing market conditions.
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The network's hashrate kept flexing its muscles, climbing past the 1,000 exahash per second (EH/s), or 1 zettahash per second (ZH/s) threshold.
Bitcoin's price spent the past seven days pacing between $72,800 and $77,700, according to market data.
Those price levels have tightened the screws on mining profitability, weighing on bitcoin mining revenue.
The Bitcoin network received a fresh difficulty bump this week at block height 951552, with the protocol dialing things up by 1.72%.