Bitcoin’s mining difficulty saw a notable decrease around Sunday midnight UTC time as the network’s hash rate has dropped significantly even before China’s bitcoin mining crackdown comment.
On-chain data shows the network’s mining difficulty adjusted to 21.05 Trillion at block height 685,440, which is a 16% drop compared to its recent all-time-high recorded on May 13.
In fact, Bitcoin’s average block production interval already increased to 11.8 minutes between May 13, the last mining difficulty…
Bitcoin mining difficulty decreases by 16% from its recent all-time-high – The Block Crypto
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