As a result of the next recalculation, the difficulty of mining the first cryptocurrency increased by 1.72%. The indicator rose to a maximum at around 48.71 T.
The average hash rate for the period since the previous change in value was 348.6 EH/s. This indicates an increase in computing power by miners.
According to Glassnode, the smoothed 7-day moving average peaked at 356 EH/s on April 18. After that, it corrected to around 347 EH/s.
The increase in mining difficulty, combined with the decline in the price of the first cryptocurrency, was the likely reason for the subsidence of miners’ income. According to Hashrate index, hashprice over the past 24 hours, it has fallen from $81 per PH per day to $76.
In March, the cumulative receipts of bitcoin miners increased to $757.8 million, up 21% compared to February.
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