📈 Bitcoin mining difficulty is hitting records again!
New maximum — 126.98 T, +2.13% after a dip earlier in May.
📉 Increase in difficulty → decrease in hash price:
💸 $57 → $52 per PH/s per day (−9%)
🔋 Profitability has returned to early May levels, before the BTC rally > $100K.
🔧 Hashrate (7DMA) — 919.3 EH/s, still below the peaks of April and May (~925 EH/s).
📉 BTC price at the time of posting — < $104,000, pressure on profitability is increasing.
⚖️ The community is discussing:
• Threat to network stability?
• Or a sign of strong fundamentals for "digital gold"?
🛠️ Bitmain has rolled out a response — Antminer S23 Hydro with energy efficiency of 9.5 J/TH. Miners are betting on efficiency 💡