Bitcoin’s hashrate tapped a lifetime high on the first day of
2022 reaching 209.39 exahash per second (EH/s). During the last 12
months, Bitcoin’s hashrate has increased by 47.92% from the 141.55 EH/s
recorded on January 3, 2021.
Bitcoin’s Hashpower Reaches a New Milestone
The processing power and security dedicated to the Bitcoin (BTC) network has never been higher, and the network tapped a milestone in 2022. According to the one-year hashrate chart hosted on coinwarz.com, BTC’s
hashrate tapped a high of 209.39 EH/s on January 1, 2022. At the time
of writing, the hashrate is still coasting along the two hundred three
quintillion hashes per second (H/s) zone, and 30-day statistics indicate
the network briefly tapped 224.32 EH/s on Saturday.
Bitcoin.com News recently reported on the BTC network reaching 194.95 EH/s not too long ago on December 8, 2021. It’s also worth noting that the Ethereum (ETH) network also reached an all-time high tapping 1 petahash per second (PH/s).
On December 22, 2021, the Ethereum network reached 1.0122 PH/s and today’s metrics show ETH’s
hashrate is still above the 1 PH/s on Sunday. On January 3, 2021,
Bitcoin’s hashrate was 141.55 EH/s or 47.92% lower than today’s BTC hashpower statistics.
Hashrate Climbs Over 200% Since China’s Bitcoin Mining Crackdown, Mining Difficulty Nears All-Time High
Moreover, on June 28, 2021, China’s crackdown against BTC
miners caused the hashrate to plummet to 69.11 EH/s. The network’s
hashrate has grown 202.98% since that day as a great majority of
mining operations relocated to other countries. At the time of writing,
the largest bitcoin mining pool is Foundry USA with 19.45% of the global
hashpower or 34.79 EH/s. The second-largest mining pool in terms of
global hashrate is Antpool with 16.91% of the hashrate or 30.25 EH/s.
There’s only 11 known mining pools mining BTC today and 3.81% of the global hashrate stems from unknown hash or stealth miners. BTC
miners have faced two bitcoin mining difficulty increases during the
last two epochs. On December 11, the difficulty jumped 8.33% and on the
25th of December, it increased by 0.32%. Bitcoin’s next mining
difficulty change will bring it awfully close to the difficulty’s
all-time high at 25 trillion. In just over five days, the difficulty is
expected to increase by 2.90% to 24.98 trillion.
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