Bitcoin Difficulty Hits Fresh High With Network Power Steady Over 1 Zettahash

While Bitcoin’s hashrate hums along at 1 zettahash per second (ZH/s), the network’s difficulty just cranked up another 4. 63%, locking in a fresh peak at 142.

34 trillion. Bitcoin blocks just got 4.

63% tougher to mine after the latest difficulty bump. As of 2:35 p.

m. Eastern time Friday, the network’s hashrate clocks in at 1,016.

17 exahash