{"id":75306,"date":"2026-07-12T18:47:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T18:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/bitcoins-14th-difficulty-reset-slashes-mining-pressure-by-6-7-trillion\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T18:47:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T18:47:02","slug":"bitcoins-14th-difficulty-reset-slashes-mining-pressure-by-6-7-trillion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/bitcoins-14th-difficulty-reset-slashes-mining-pressure-by-6-7-trillion\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin\u2019s 14th Difficulty Reset Slashes Mining Pressure by 6.7 Trillion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"@container mb-[25px] rounded-sm overflow-clip py-0.5 pr-0.5 pl-2.5 bg-success-100\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-m overflow-clip rounded-[6px] !bg-success-10 p-3 @[420px]:p-m\">\n<h2 class=\"m-0 flex items-center gap-s text-[19px] !text-[#1c1c1c] md:text-[20px]\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"16\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 10\" fill=\"none\" class=\"shrink-0 text-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M1 1.5h14\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><path d=\"M1 8.5h10\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><span>Key Takeaways<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"m-0 flex list-none flex-col gap-m pl-0\">\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Bitcoin difficulty fell 5% to 127.17 trillion on July 11, its 14th adjustment of 2026.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Hashrate dropped 7.9% in ten days to 908 EH\/s, driving the difficulty cut.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Hashprice rose 12.5% to $31.1 per PH\/s but stayed 37.2% below its October 2025 peak.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The adjustment landed at block height <a href=\"https:\/\/mempool.space\/block\/00000000000000000000c1294b131fbf6d489c74e52c13e905f003ad9ccb9ba2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">957600<\/a>. Difficulty moved from 133.87 trillion to 127.17 trillion, a decline of roughly 6.70 trillion. The change took effect at 4:09:11 p.m., based on the block timestamp. The prior epoch ran about 14 days, 18 hours, and 9 minutes, longer than <span>Bitcoin<\/span>\u2019s 14-day target for 2,016 blocks. That pace works out to an average block time of 10 minutes, 32 seconds, about 5.1% slower than the protocol\u2019s 10-minute target. The 5% cut brought the network back toward that target.<\/p>\n<h2>A Year Defined by Wide Swings<\/h2>\n<p>Eight of the 14 <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/miners-absorb-18-hashprice-crash-as-bitcoin-difficulty-jumps-7-15\/\">difficulty<\/a> adjustments so far in 2026 have been negative and six positive. The average adjustment was negative 0.87%, but the average absolute move was 5.30%, a gap that points to sharp back-and-forth activity hiding behind a mild-looking average. Compounded from the difficulty in place before the first adjustment on Jan. 8, the network has dropped approximately 14.22%. The July 11 reading ranks as the third-lowest of the year, behind only June 13\u2019s 124.93 trillion and Feb. 7\u2019s 125.86 trillion.<\/p>\n<h2>Hashrate Slides Toward Its 2026 Range<\/h2>\n<p>The seven-day average <span>hashrate<\/span> via <a href=\"https:\/\/data.hashrateindex.com\/network-data\/network\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hashrateindex.com<\/a> stood near 908 EH\/s on July 11, down about 14.8% from the Jan. 1 level of roughly 1,065 EH\/s. That figure sits about 21.3% below the one-year peak of 1,154 EH\/s reached in October 2025, and just 3.3% above the 2026 low of 879 EH\/s set in early February.<\/p>\n<p>The most recent drop happened fast. <span>Hashrate<\/span> was near 986 EH\/s on July 1 and fell to about 908 EH\/s by July 11, a decline of roughly 7.9% in ten days. That pullback slowed block production and fed directly into the 5% difficulty cut.<\/p>\n<h2>Hashprice Climbs but Stays Deeply Discounted<\/h2>\n<p>Hashprice, the expected revenue miners earn per petahash per second, closed near $31.1 on July 11. That marks a recovery of about 12.5% from the $27.6 level seen around July 1, but the metric remains down roughly 16.4% since Jan. 1 and about 37.2% below its one-year high of $49.4, reached in late October 2025. The 2026 low of $27.2 came in early June.<\/p>\n<h2>How Difficulty, Hashrate, and Hashprice Fit Together<\/h2>\n<p>Difficulty is a lagging measure. It does not track <span>hashrate<\/span> directly, but it reacts to how fast the previous 2,016 blocks were mined. When <span>hashrate<\/span> falls, blocks slow, and difficulty drops at the next adjustment. Lower difficulty then raises the expected revenue for each unit of hashpower still running, which can lift hashprice if <span>Bitcoin<\/span>\u2019s price and fee income hold steady.<\/p>\n<p>The June-to-July stretch shows the mechanism in motion. Hashprice bottomed near $27.2 in early June. Difficulty fell 10.09% on June 13. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/what-is-bitcoin-hashrate\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hashrate<\/a> then returned and difficulty rose 7.15% on June 26. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/what-is-bitcoin-hashrate\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hashrate<\/a> weakened again, and difficulty fell another 5% on July 11, with hashprice ending the period at $31.1.<\/p>\n<p>All three measures have traced a pattern of lower highs in 2026. Difficulty peaked at 146.47 trillion on Jan. 8 and has not come close since, topping out near 138.97 trillion in April and 133.87 trillion in June. Hashprice peaked at $49.4 in October 2025, then $41.8 in January, then $39 in May. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/what-is-bitcoin-hashrate\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hashrate<\/a> peaked at 1,154 EH\/s in October 2025, 1,087 EH\/s in late February, and has struggled to hold 1,000 EH\/s since.<\/p>\n<h2>What It Means for Miners and Traders<\/h2>\n<p>Each recovery in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/what-is-bitcoin-hashrate\/\" class=\"lar_link lar_link_outgoing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">hashrate<\/a> and hashprice has fallen short of the one before it. Difficulty relief has softened the blow for miners still operating, but it has not been enough to restore hashprice to earlier levels. For traders, the pattern points to a mining sector adjusting to tighter margins rather than one in a single sustained pullback. Effective computing power has repeatedly returned to a band between roughly 880 and 910 EH\/s before rebounding, though it remains unclear whether that range marks a durable floor or another stop on the way lower.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/bitcoins-14th-difficulty-reset-slashes-mining-pressure-by-6-7-trillion\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News ) Key Takeaways Bitcoin difficulty fell 5% to 127.17 trillion on July 11, its 14th adjustment of 2026. Hashrate dropped 7.9% in ten days to 908 EH\/s, driving the difficulty cut. Hashprice rose 12.5% to $31.1 per PH\/s but stayed 37.2% below its October 2025 peak. 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