The difficulty of Bitcoin (BTC) network mining has decreased significantly in recent adjustments. According to CloverPool data, this update, which occurred at block height 941,472, reduced the mining difficulty by 7.76% to 133.79 Trillion (T). This decrease stands out as the second-largest decrease in difficulty ever recorded in 2026.
The current hashrate of the network is around 933.51 EH/s, although some measurements show it hovering around 948 EH/s. Experts say this weakening of the network could continue in the short term. In fact, current data indicates that the next difficulty adjustment is expected to drop by approximately 0.39% further, bringing the difficulty down to 133.26 T.
With the latest difficulty adjustment, the average block time was 9 minutes 32 seconds. This is close to the Bitcoin network’s block time goal of 10 minutes and indicates that the pace of transaction verification on the network is about to stabilize.
Looking at the data for the past period, we see that the difficulty increased significantly in February, up to 14.73%, and then dropped sharply. In particular, the 11.16% decline on February 7th and the recent 7.76% decline indicate a volatile period for the mining sector.
*This is not investment advice.
