Bitcoin difficulty jumps 15% largest increase since 2021, despite price slump

Bitcoin difficulty rebounds to 144.4T as hashrate recovers to 1 ZH/s despite multi year low hashprice. What to know : Bitcoin mining difficulty rose to 144.4T, jumped 15%, the biggest percentage increase since 2021. Hashrate has recovered to 1 ZH/s from 826 EH/s, even as hashprice sits at multi year lows around $23.9 per PH/s.