Following the latest recalculation, the mining difficulty of the first cryptocurrency has decreased by 5% to 127.17 T.
Source: CloverPool.In mid-June, the difficulty had fallen by as much as 10.09%, but then rebounded by 7.15%.
At the beginning of the year, Bitcoin's difficulty was 148.26 T, which is about 17% higher than the current figure. The gap from the historical peak of 155.27 T recorded in October 2025 has reached 22%.
The average hash rate at the time of writing has recovered to above 1 ZH/s, with the inter-block interval reduced to nine minutes. The forecast at this time does not suggest any significant adjustment to this metric.
According to Glassnode, the smoothed seven-day moving average hash rate stands at 864.4 EH/s. At its peak in October, the network's computational power reached 1.15 ZH/s and has shown a steady downward trend since then.
Source: Glassnode.According to Hashrate Index, amid the drop in difficulty, the hash price has risen from approximately $30 per PH/s per day to around $32. The mining profitability metric has bounced back from local lows earlier this month of about $27 per PH/s per day, but it still falls short of the $40 mark, which is considered the break-even point for operations.
Source: Hashrate Index.It is worth noting that, under pressure on Bitcoin mining profitability, miners have accelerated their transition to AI.