
Bitcoin Difficulty Rises 0.99% to 127.48T at the August 8 Retarget
Difficulty rose 0.99% to 127.48T at the 8 August retarget, above all three published estimates, while hashrate and hashprice readings still refuse to agree.
Miners, hardware & hashrate

Difficulty rose 0.99% to 127.48T at the 8 August retarget, above all three published estimates, while hashrate and hashprice readings still refuse to agree.

MARA lost $611.3M and CleanSpark $239.8M as revenue fell 27% and 30.5%. Both leaned harder on AI and data-center capacity, and both stocks fell on the print.

Bitcoin's second difficulty reset of July barely moved, a flat line after the 5% cut two weeks earlier and a sign that hashrate has stopped leaving the network.

Bitcoin's mining difficulty fell 5.00% to 127.17 trillion on July 11, the second large downward move in a month, lifting hashprice 12.5% to $31.1.

Bitcoin's mining difficulty fell 9.91% at the 13 June retarget, from 138.96 trillion to 125.19 trillion, one of the largest downward moves on record. Hashrate had slid to roughly 967 EH/s as unprofitable rigs powered down with bitcoin near $64,007.

🔲Hashprice — a key indicator of Bitcoin mining profitability — has fallen below the psychologically important $40 level, approaching loss-making territory. At roughly $39.4 per PH/s/day, miners are…

⬜The Bitcoin mining industry is facing the harshest economic conditions in its history: miner revenues are falling while costs continue to rise. Hashprice has dropped to structural lows…

🟠Riot Platforms reported a 27% increase in Bitcoin production and record revenue of $180.2 million for Q3. However, the company announced a strategic pivot toward data center development.…

🔵After nearly two years of lagging behind, mining company stocks have begun to outpace Bitcoin’s performance. According to Ecoinometrics, since September 2025, the growth rate of publicly traded…

🟪Crypto mining firms are increasingly rethinking their business models amid surging demand for high-performance computing. Many are transitioning from digital asset mining to AI infrastructure development, reshaping how…

🟡After three months of continuous growth, Bitcoin’s mining difficulty has fallen by 2.73%, dropping to 146.72 T — the first decline since June. This means miners now need…

🟧According to data center operator Intelion, September reaffirmed the strong profitability of Bitcoin mining despite higher network difficulty and a stronger ruble. The Antminer S21 series remained the…