Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Decreases by 3.28%

On January 22, the mining difficulty of the first cryptocurrency dropped by 3.28%, reaching 141.67 TH.

Source: CloverPool.

This marks the second consecutive decrease, following a previous reduction of 1.2%. 

At the time of writing, Bitcoin's hash rate remains above 1 ZH/s. According to Glassnode, the seven-day moving average is at 1.01 ZH/s. On January 17, the value hit a local low of 977 EH/s.

Source: Glassnode.

The majority of the global hash rate is held by Foundry USA, accounting for 31.1%, followed by AntPool at 15.6% and F2Pool at 9.8%.

Source: CloverPool.

According to Hashrate Index, the hash price stands at $38.4 per PH/s per day. Around mid-January, miners' earnings based on computational power reached $42.

Source: Hashrate Index.

As a reminder, on January 20, a solo miner mined block #933034 in the Bitcoin network, earning a reward of 3.131 BTC ($289,191).