The Bitcoin community has reached its all-time excessive when it comes to hash fee, surpassing most projections.
The community’s whole hash fee at present stands at 240 EH/s and is predicted to extend even additional.
The present hash fee represents a 3x enhance from the community’s lows in July 2021 when a authorities ban triggered a miner exodus from China. The hash fee then dropped to a two-year low of round 89 EH/s.
The rise in hash fee follows an equally sharp rise in mining issue. On Monday, Oct. 10, Bitcoin mining issue noticed its sharpest adjustment this 12 months, growing by 13%. Monday’s adjustment places the present Bitcoin mining issue at 2x the degrees it recorded in July 2021.
At present standing at 35 trillion, the mining issue will severely pressure already confused Bitcoin miners, additional lowering their income.
miner income per Exahash, a metric used to estimate each day miner earnings exhibits that miners all throughout the community are getting squeezed out of earnings. Miner income per exahash exhibits the estimated each day earnings for miners relative to their contribution to the community’s total hash energy. It’s calculated by dividing the ratio between whole USD or BTC-denominated earnings by the present community hash fee.
Information from Glassnode has proven that miner income has been steadily declining since late 2021 and is predicted to lower even additional as Bitcoin’s value lies flat at $20,000. Present miner income stands at 4 BTC or round $80,000 per day.
With power costs anticipated to soar by the winter, miners may see their revenues drop even additional. Any volatility in Bitcoin’s value may also put additional pressure on the mining business.
