Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Sets a Grim Record: 374 Consecutive Days Below Its All-Time High
Bitcoin network mining difficulty has spent 374 consecutive days below its all-time high of 155.97 T, set on October 29, 2025. This is officially the longest such period in the network’s history, surpassing the 364-day record following the 2011 crash, as well as the 253-day period after China banned mining in 2021.
Mining difficulty measures the level of competition among miners: the higher the difficulty, the more computing power the network attracts. The fact that this metric has been “moving sideways below its peak” for more than a year shows that the mining industry is under significant pressure — with the price of $BTC struggling to stay around 76,000 USDT (currently trading at about 75,854 USDT, down slightly by 0.19% over 24 hours), which is not enough to offset rising operating costs, from electricity to hardware.
The consequences are becoming clear: many publicly listed mining companies have had to sell some of their $BTC reserves to balance their finances, while also shifting their existing power infrastructure toward leasing space for AI servers — a sector currently offering more attractive profit margins than coin mining.
On the positive side, the difficulty not reaching a new high does not mean the network’s security is weakening in the short term — but it does reflect a reality: in this cycle, miners are no longer the steadfast net buyers they once were, and the potential supply from their reserves remains a factor the market needs to watch.
Do you think mining difficulty will break above 155.97 T when the price of $BTC surges again, or will the mining industry continue to contract as AI becomes more appealing?
(Not investment advice)
Bitcoin network mining difficulty has spent 374 consecutive days below its all-time high of 155.97 T, set on October 29, 2025. This is officially the longest such period in the network’s history, surpassing the 364-day record following the 2011 crash, as well as the 253-day period after China banned mining in 2021.
Mining difficulty measures the level of competition among miners: the higher the difficulty, the more computing power the network attracts. The fact that this metric has been “moving sideways below its peak” for more than a year shows that the mining industry is under significant pressure — with the price of $BTC struggling to stay around 76,000 USDT (currently trading at about 75,854 USDT, down slightly by 0.19% over 24 hours), which is not enough to offset rising operating costs, from electricity to hardware.
The consequences are becoming clear: many publicly listed mining companies have had to sell some of their $BTC reserves to balance their finances, while also shifting their existing power infrastructure toward leasing space for AI servers — a sector currently offering more attractive profit margins than coin mining.
On the positive side, the difficulty not reaching a new high does not mean the network’s security is weakening in the short term — but it does reflect a reality: in this cycle, miners are no longer the steadfast net buyers they once were, and the potential supply from their reserves remains a factor the market needs to watch.
Do you think mining difficulty will break above 155.97 T when the price of $BTC surges again, or will the mining industry continue to contract as AI becomes more appealing?
(Not investment advice)
