Резкое снижение сложности майнинга биткоина: крупнейшее падение с 2021 года Translation: Sharp decrease in Bitcoin mining difficulty: largest drop since 2021

As a result of the latest recalculation, the mining difficulty of the first cryptocurrency has decreased by 11.16%, dropping to 125.86 TH.

This decline marks the most significant decrease since the large-scale crackdowns on cryptocurrency miners in China in 2021, when the parameter plummeted by nearly 30% at the beginning of July.

Following the adjustment, Bitcoin’s hash rate surged to 1.3 EH/s, while the average interval reduced to approximately seven minutes. This was likely due to the return of capacities that had been widely shut down in response to the challenging mining economics and the impacts of a winter storm in the U.S.

According to Glassnode, on January 30, the smoothed seven-day moving average of the hash rate hit a local low of 826 EH/s. Subsequently, it increased to 927 EH/s.

Data from Hashrate Index indicate that the hash price rose from around $31.5 per PH/s per day to $34.8 over the last 24 hours.

The primary metric for mining profitability has risen significantly above the «hash price» for the most efficient public miners, such as CleanSpark ($30 per PH/s per day) and IREN ($26). However, overall, companies in the sector remain on the verge of operating at breakeven, as noted by TheMinerMag.

It’s worth mentioning that in 2025, the mining difficulty was reduced twice — initially by 1.2% and then by another 3.28%.