Overview
- CoinWarz projects a retarget from 145.04 trillion to about 134.09 trillion at roughly 20:51 UTC, a decline near 7.55%.
- Average block intervals during the current 2,016-block epoch stretched to about 10.82 minutes as hashrate exited.
- If confirmed, The Miner Mag says this would be the largest single drop since China’s 2021 mining ban and comparable to 2022 bear‑market declines.
- Lower difficulty would immediately ease costs for active miners by lifting revenue per unit of compute.
- Bitcoin has fallen roughly 10% from recent highs to around $69,600, while compressed hash price has pushed higher‑cost operators offline.