On May 15, the mining difficulty of the first cryptocurrency increased by 3.12%, reaching 136.61 T.
Source: CloverPool.This figure is approximately 8% lower than the beginning of the year and over 12% below the historical peak of 155.97 T recorded in October.
This year, the difficulty has increased only four times out of ten recalculations. At the time of the last adjustment, the hash rate exceeded 1 ZH/s for the first time since February.
According to Glassnode, the smoothed 7-day moving average of the network's computational power is around 994.6 EH/s.
Source: Glassnode.In terms of mining pools, Foundry USA leads with a 28.7% share of the global hash rate, followed by AntPool (17.2%) and ViaBTC (11.3%).
Source: CloverPool.According to TheMinerMag, the mining power of the top 10 public companies in the industry slightly decreased in the first quarter, from 297 EH/s to 291 EH/s.
However, behind this relative stability, experts noted a significant redistribution of hash rate. Core Scientific, IREN, Cipher Digital, TeraWulf, and Keel Infrastructure sharply reduced their shares while actively diversifying into AI services. In contrast, Bitdeer, MARA, and American Bitcoin aggressively expanded, taking up the available space in the mining market.
Source: TheMinerMag.According to Hashrate Index, amid rising difficulty, the hash price has dropped to approximately $36.6 per PH/s per day. The main profitability metric for mining has also been pressured by Bitcoin's price falling below $80,000. Over the past day, the asset's price decreased by about 2.4% (CMC).
Source: Hashrate Index.Recall that in March, specialists from Wintermute declared the traditional business model of miners outdated due to declining profitability.