Bitcoin Mining Difficulty rises 4.85%, to 31.25t -- a new ATH! \ stacker news ~bitcoin

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Also at the main page https://bitcoinexplorer.org/ Network Summary → Difficulty

And https://bitcoinexplorer.org/difficulty-history

20 sats \ 3 replies \ @faithandcredit 11 May 2022

i kinda like this. i wonder what will happen if / when ethereum switches off proof of work. seems like it could mean moar cheaper electricity in the mining space.

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @2big2fail 12 May 2022

gpus get more available

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @BTCMiner OP 11 May 2022

You actually believe ETH can "switch off proof of work"?

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @faithandcredit 11 May 2022

Needs to be with consensus and the proof of work chain needs to become less than 5% of the network and value compared to the non proof of work chain. Then i would consider it technically switched off. But lets see.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BTCMiner OP 11 May 2022

Yahoo News is covering mining difficulty adjustments nowadays:

Bitcoin mining difficulty at a record high https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bitcoin-mining-difficulty-record-high-033511953.html*

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BTCMiner OP 11 May 2022

Stats:

Difficulty: https://www.bitrawr.com/difficulty-estimator https://www.coinwarz.com/mining/bitcoin/difficulty-chart https://insights.braiins.com/en/cost-to-mine/

Hashrate: https://www.coinwarz.com/mining/bitcoin/hashrate-chart https://bitinfocharts.com/comparison/hashrate-btc-ema14.html#3y

ASIC Prices: https://data.hashrateindex.com/rig-index-data

A great tool to monitor the progress over the 2,016 block epoch is fork.lol's Difficulty Retarget chart: https://fork.lol/pow/retarget

And a great Dashboard, overall: https://timechainstats.com