Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Drops 10.09% in Second-Largest Decline of 2026

TLDR: Bitcoin mining difficulty dropped 10.09% at block 953,568, ranking as the 11th-largest decline in network history.  A 15% June price slide pushed hashprice below $30 per petahash, forcing older miners offline across the network. Public miners are unplugging rigs and redirecting power capacity toward AI and high-performance computing workloads. Texas miners curtailed operations due [...]

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