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After losing momentum all week, bitcoin has suddenly climbed in the aftermath of the bitcoin network’s largest-ever “difficulty adjustment.” The bitcoin price increased by over 5% after the bitcoin network’s latest two-weekly recalibration, which saw compute requirements drop by 28%.
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Following bitcoin’s carefully awaited difficulty adjustment, the price of bitcoin increased by 5%.
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China’s crackdown on bitcoin and crypto mining last month, which forced those using high-powered computers to protect the bitcoin network and validate transactions out of the country, produced the massive drop, which dwarfed the previous record drop of 18 percent achieved in October 2011.
Over the last two weeks, bitcoin’s hash rate, a measure of how much computing power is aimed towards the bitcoin network, has dropped to a 13-month low due to the expulsion of bitcoin and crypto miners from China. The difficulty change made this morning brings the network back in line with the hash rate.
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As a result, bitcoin miners throughout the world should become significantly more profitable, as their machines will be able to “discover” more bitcoin at a lower cost than previously. The cost of running bitcoin mining equipment, which are commonly grouped together in large mining farms, varies depending on the cost of energy, with some companies claiming to be able to mint new bitcoin tokens for as little as $3,000 per bitcoin.
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In the previous 24 hours, the price of bitcoin has increased by about 4%.
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However, the reduction in bitcoin’s hash power and subsequent difficulty adjustment aren’t expected to remain.
Over the phone, Alex de Vries, an economist and bitcoin expert who runs Digiconomist and produced a popular bitcoin energy consumption index, adds, “I do expect this to be a transient thing.” “These miners have moved on, and if you’re a miner, you’ll want to get those idle computers back online as quickly as possible.”/nRead More

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