{"id":282631,"date":"2022-12-19T09:16:17","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T09:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=282631"},"modified":"2022-12-19T09:16:17","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T09:16:17","slug":"bitcoin-mining-difficulty-to-end-year-rising-by-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/bitcoin-mining-difficulty-to-end-year-rising-by-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin mining difficulty to end year rising by 3%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin mining difficulty is expected to increase by at least 3% on Dec. 19 for the final adjustment of the year, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bitrawr.com\/difficulty-estimator\"><span class=\"s4\">Bitrawr <\/span><\/a>Bitcoin difficulty estimator.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_282636\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-282636\" style=\"width: 1251px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-282636 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-13.png\" alt=\"Bitcoin Mining Difficulty\" width=\"1251\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-13.png 1251w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-13-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-13-1024x440.png 1024w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/image-13-768x330.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1251px) 100vw, 1251px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-282636\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Bitrawr<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to the data, BTC's current mining difficulty is at 34244331613176.18, and the estimated 3% increase would take the mining difficulty to between 35421102548895 and 35421764497396.<\/p>\n<p>Mining difficulty describes how difficult it gets to solve the cryptographic puzzle necessary to create a block on the Bitcoin network and adjusts every two weeks.<\/p>\n<h2>BTC mining difficulty in 2022<\/h2>\n<p>In 2022, BTC witnessed 26 mining adjustments\u00a0 &#8211;16 of them were positive, while the remaining ten were negative. This is slightly different from 2021, when the flagship asset saw 27 mining adjustments &#8211;19 of these adjustments were positive, while eight were negative. At the time, BTC saw nine consecutive positive adjustments after China banned Bitcoin mining.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_282635\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-282635\" style=\"width: 1800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-282635\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/glassnode-studio_bitcoin-difficulty-adjustment-percent-change-1.png\" alt=\"Bitcoin difficulty adjustments\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/glassnode-studio_bitcoin-difficulty-adjustment-percent-change-1.png 1800w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/glassnode-studio_bitcoin-difficulty-adjustment-percent-change-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/glassnode-studio_bitcoin-difficulty-adjustment-percent-change-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/glassnode-studio_bitcoin-difficulty-adjustment-percent-change-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/glassnode-studio_bitcoin-difficulty-adjustment-percent-change-1-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-282635\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Glassnode<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to the above chart, BTC mining difficulty is demonstrated with the orange line. The mining difficulty <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/bitcoin-mining-difficulty-rises-3-4-reaching-new-ath\/\">experienced<\/a> a significant surge in October. However, it plateaued in November before <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/miners-finally-see-some-relief-as-difficulty-decreases-by-8-percent\/\">dropping<\/a> to its current state in December.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the drop, Bitcoin's difficulty will finish the year just 4% below its all-time high which shows that the mining difficulty remains high.<\/p>\n<p>The record high level of mining difficulty in 2022 was due to an increase in hash rate, which has left several miners struggling for profitability, especially with BTC's price declining.<\/p>\n<p>Even with several miner capitulations, Bitcoin hashrate is still very high. Since peaking in November, BTC's mean hash rate on the 7-Day Moving metrics has dropped, but it is still above 240 exahashes.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_282634\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-282634\" style=\"width: 1800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-282634\" src=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/glassnode-studio_bitcoin-mean-hash-rate-7d-moving-average.png\" alt=\"Bitcoin mining\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/glassnode-studio_bitcoin-mean-hash-rate-7d-moving-average.png 1800w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/glassnode-studio_bitcoin-mean-hash-rate-7d-moving-average-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/glassnode-studio_bitcoin-mean-hash-rate-7d-moving-average-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/glassnode-studio_bitcoin-mean-hash-rate-7d-moving-average-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/glassnode-studio_bitcoin-mean-hash-rate-7d-moving-average-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-282634\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Glassnode<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin mining difficulty is expected to increase by at least 3% on Dec. 19 for the final adjustment of the year, according to Bitrawr Bitcoin difficulty estimator. According to the data, BTC&#8217;s current mining difficulty is at 34244331613176.18, and the estimated 3% increase would take the mining difficulty to between 35421102548895 and 35421764497396. 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