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      Bitcoin (BTC) Hashrate decreased Once again - Stocks Telegraph

      By Ammar Mukhtar

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      January 14, 2022

      6:37 AM UTC

      Bitcoin (BTC) Hashrate decreased Once again - Stocks Telegraph

      Trying to find a new physical source is the same as mining Bitcoin (BTC). You’ll need money, energy, and resources to mine materials like gold. Bitcoin is a great example of this. Unlike mine for rich minerals, which requires construction equipment, Bitcoin mining requires computers and processing power to find new blocks. Mining complexity refers to the amount of energy necessary to retrieve and mine Bitcoins. The difficulty has escalated by 13% as a result of China’s crackdown.

      China’s Crackdown and Mining

      More metals are discovered in the same way that more machinery and resources are invested into mining in real life. The Bitcoin algorithm is the same as the previous one. When there are more miners online and active on the network, it is easier to mine new blocks. As the number of miners decreases, fewer blocks are discovered. Bitcoin has a built-in self-correcting mechanism. The method is set up so that a new block is identified every ten minutes. The block chain adjusts itself automatically to accommodate for the lower number of miners. When the block chain network was first released roughly ten years ago, this algorithm was implemented into it.

      According to numerous mining sites, the mining difficulty of the blockchain increased by 13.2 percent at block 697,536. The rate is modified every two weeks and is a major determinant of the miner’s profit margin.

      Soon after this ban, the rigs started to shift to America and the mining rate was once again at its highest.

      Kazakhstan Civil Unrest

      The past week was in turmoil as the mining hashrate decreased once again. It was due to the civil unrest that was happening in the country and as a result, we saw a blackout of the internet. This lasted for a few days and we saw the mining rate decrease but now the rate has recovered once again as the conditions came back to normal.

      What Future does Mining holds?

      Despite the fact that the complexity has grown, experts say it is still quite profitable.

      Bitcoin mining has never been more profitable,” said Dave Perrill, CEO of Compute North, a crypto mining colocation firm. “Take a look at the percentage price growth in Bitcoin over the previous 12 months and compare it to the percentage increase in hashrate, and you’ll see that it’s nowhere near in line.”

      The price of mining rigs dropped after the market crash, but as Bitcoin’s value has risen, so has the price of the rigs, indicating that miners are still interested in the network and believe it will pay off in the long term.

      The price of Bitcoin is at $42,126, up 2.5 percent in the last 24 hours.

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