- Over the last two weeks, the average block duration exceeded the 10-minute objective.
- The 300 Eh/s hash rate might be achieved in 2022.
The Bitcoin (BTC) mining difficulty adjustment has lowered for the first time since November 2021, correcting 1.49 percent of the difficulty change. After six straight increases in difficulty, the mining difficulty and hash rate reached all-time highs in this latest adjustment. Over the last two weeks, the average block duration exceeded the 10-minute objective at 10 minutes and 9 seconds, with an average hash rate of 197.19 EH/s. The difficulty change made it simpler for miners to solve the next valid block.
Easier Time Solving Blocks
The Bitcoin protocol’s most notable feature is the difficulty adjustment. Bitcoin mining difficulty “adjusts” every two weeks (or 2,016 verified blocks) depending on the average of the previous 2,016 blocks, making it easier or more difficult to mine new blocks.
Block generation times averaged 10 minutes and 9 seconds over the last 2,016 blocks. Consequently, miners will have an easier time solving legitimate blocks over the following 2,016 blocks as the difficulty is automatically lowered. Known Bitcoin miner Denver Bitcoin believes that the year’s -1.49 percent correction may be the only one.
A relatively little adjustment of 1.49 percent is contrasted to the catastrophic decline in hash rate that occurred during the mining dark ages of May to July of 2021 when China banned Bitcoin mining. However, by 2021, it had risen by 31% as nations like Kazakhstan and Canada took up the slack, showing the network’s resiliency.
It’s become more and more difficult to make a difference in the hash rate of Bitcoin mining, as major firms in the computer sector, such as Intel, are racing to introduce their miners. As Denver Bitcoin said, the 300 Eh/s hash rate might be achieved in 2022, given the robustness and flexibility of mining.
