Bitcoin mining difficulty extends its longest run below record
Bitcoin’s mining difficulty has remained below its October 2025 peak for 374 days, reflecting slower growth in committed computing power rather than a network failure.
Bitcoin’s mining difficulty has remained below its October 2025 peak for 374 days, reflecting slower growth in committed computing power rather than a network failure. Bitcoin (BTC) is trading at $75,805.00, up 0.2% since this brief published. This is an original TLT brief synthesising 2 outlets (Cointribune, Bitcoin.com), plus live market data, as of Sun, 08 Nov 2026 05:15:03 UTC.
The prolonged gap between mining difficulty and its record highlights pressure from lower revenue, high operating costs and competition for mining investment. It does not by itself indicate that Bitcoin’s network is malfunctioning.
- Difficulty has stayed below its record for 374 days
- Mining hashrate stands at 1,016 EH/s
- Verified difficulty is 148.4T
- Bitcoin trades at $75,665, down 2.52% over seven days
Cointribune and Bitcoin.com agree that Bitcoin’s mining difficulty has remained below its October 2025 all-time high for more than a year, with Bitcoin.com specifying a record 374-day run that surpassed the post-2011-crash interval previously held. Cointribune frames the prolonged shortfall as a sign that mining revenue, operating costs and investment alternatives are creating tension, while Bitcoin.com highlights economist and author Saifedean Ammous’s flagging of the milestone. Neither outlet reports a conflicting figure, and both distinguish the difficulty trend from a direct measure of network performance; no numerical contradiction appears in the supplied coverage.
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Bitcoin’s mining difficulty has spent 374 consecutive days below its October 2025 all-time high, according to Bitcoin.com, making this the longest such stretch in the network’s recorded history. The run is longer than the previous interval after Bitcoin’s 2011 crash, a milestone also reported by Cointribune, which describes the condition as persisting for more than a year despite early signs of recovery.
The development reflects changes within the mining industry rather than an outright deterioration in Bitcoin’s operation. Cointribune identifies lower revenues, high costs and additional investment choices as the main pressures. It says the difficulty shortfall mainly indicates that the amount of computing power being committed has slowed, so the record should not be read as evidence that the underlying network is performing poorly.
The two outlets corroborate the central timeline and the comparison with the post-2011 period. Bitcoin.com adds the precise 374-day duration and notes that economist and author Saifedean Ammous called attention to the milestone, while Cointribune places more emphasis on the economic tensions affecting miners. No conflicting number or interpretation appears in the supplied summaries.
Live network data from mempool.space put Bitcoin’s hashrate at 1,016 EH/s and mining difficulty at 148.4T. These readings provide current context for the sector but do not themselves establish a relationship with the historical October 2025 difficulty peak, which the coverage identifies as the benchmark Bitcoin has yet to regain.
Market conditions remain subdued: Bitcoin is priced at $75,665, down 0.23% over 24 hours and 2.52% over seven days, with a $1.52 trillion market capitalization. The total crypto market is flat at $2.6 trillion, while the Fear and Greed index stands at 25, labelled Extreme Fear. The figures to watch are whether difficulty moves closer to its prior record, how hashrate develops, and whether miner economics improve enough to encourage additional computing-power commitments.
Since this brief published about 10 hours ago, Bitcoin (BTC) has moved from $75,665.00 to $75,805.00 — +0.19%.
The chart plots BTC's price: grey is the move before this brief published, the vertical dashed line marks the moment it published, the horizontal dashed line is the price then, and the coloured area is the move since — from TLT's market data (daily resolution). It shows what happened after the news, not that the news caused it; many factors move prices. Not financial advice.
At today's peer-to-peer rate, 1 BTC ≈ ₦104.57M (about $75,805.00), down 0.1% over 24 hours. The naira itself trades about 2.4% above the official rate on the P2P market, so a Nigerian buyer's effective cost differs from the headline dollar price.
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Bitcoin mining difficulty extends its longest run below reco — questions & answers
How long has Bitcoin difficulty remained below its peak?
Bitcoin.com reports that difficulty has remained below its October 2025 all-time high for 374 days, the longest such period in the network’s history.
Does this milestone mean Bitcoin’s network is failing?
No. Cointribune says it mainly reflects slower growth in computing power committed to mining, not worse network performance.
What are Bitcoin’s current hashrate and difficulty?
Mempool.space reports network hashrate of 1,016 EH/s and difficulty of 148.4T.
How much is 1 Bitcoin worth in naira today?
About ₦104.57M at the live peer-to-peer (P2P) USDT rate, which is what Nigerians typically trade at — equivalent to roughly $75,805.00. The naira price moves with both BTC's US-dollar price and the USDT/NGN rate; use our Bitcoin in naira page for any amount.
Has Bitcoin's price moved since this brief was published?
BTC is up 0.19% since this brief first published — trading at $75,805.00 now versus $75,665.00 at publication. TLT re-checks this figure against CoinGecko and Binance every 15 minutes.
Which outlets reported this story?
This is an original TLT brief that synthesises reporting from Cointribune, Bitcoin.com, with the key figures cross-checked for agreement across them. It is not a copy of any one article — follow the source links above for the original reporting.
Original summary — not financial advice. This is an original TLT brief that summarises a development reported elsewhere and adds live market data for context; it is not the original article and reproduces no part of it. Follow the source link above for full details. Crypto is volatile and high-risk — always do your own research.