The mining difficulty of the Bitcoin network is expected to decrease by approximately 9.55% in approximately 8 hours.
This adjustment will be the second-largest downward change in difficulty seen in 2026, according to data reported by TheEnergyMag.
The expected decline is due to the sharp decline in network hashrate seen following the fall in Bitcoin prices in early June. the arrival of autumn $BTC The price reached around $63,000, putting pressure on miners’ income and causing some miners, especially those operating on older devices, to shut down operations.
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If a difficulty adjustment is made, the amount is $BTC Revenue per active hashrate is expected to increase by more than 9%. This is expected to make it easier for miners to continue operating in the short term to produce blocks and provide peace of mind in terms of income. Additionally, it is stated that hash price, a mining revenue metric, can exceed $30 per PH/sec.
According to a chart shared by Galaxy Research, the expected decline would rank as the largest downward correction in Bitcoin history. According to this graph, the previous decline rates in 2026 were 11.16% on February 7th and 7.76% on March 20th. The biggest decline in history was the 27.94% correction recorded in July 2021 following China’s mining ban.
The decline in hashrate cannot be explained solely by price-related profitability pressures, it said, but also by the fact that some mining companies are redirecting their energy capacity to running high-performance computing and AI data centers.
*This is not investment advice.
