
Bitcoin mining difficulty jumps 10%, its biggest move since October

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www.theblock.co
15 January 2023 22:05, UTC
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Bitcoin’s mining problem metric has risen simply over 10%.
The mining problem — which determines how laborious it’s to create the following block of transactions — reset simply after 4 p.m. ET, following its roughly two-week schedule. The metric rose 10.26%, in accordance with BTC.com knowledge.
Such a transfer was anticipated, as The Block’s Catarina Moura reported this weekend. The bitcoin mining hashrate has additionally climbed in current days after a droop in late December, in accordance with The Block’s Knowledge Dashboard.