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The Bitcoin hashrate reached new all-time highs today.
The Bitcoin (BTC) hash rate reached a new all-time high today, according to data from monitoring resource Blockchain.com on July 7.
The previous record was broken in the second half of June, when bitcoinâs hashrate reached 65.19 TH/s and growth has steadily continued since then.
Hash rate is the number of calculations that a given hardware or network can perform every second. It is a very important parameter for miners, as a higher hash rate will increase their chances of solving the mathematical problem, sealing off the block and collecting their reward. A higher network hashrate also increases the amount of resources needed for performing a 51% attack, making the network safer.
Bitcoin Network Hashrate | Courtesy of blockchain.com
Increases in the networkâs hash rate also often mean that its energy consumption increases. Still, cryptocurrency investment products and research firm CoinShares recently estimated that 74.1% of bitcoin mining is powered by renewable energy.
As Cointelegraph previously reported, the period after September 2018 â during the so-called âcrypto winterâ â proved to be a retrograde step for the bitcoin network. At the time, the networkâs hashrate decreased for the first time ever.
In June news broke that bitcoinâs mining difficulty has reached an all-time high, demonstrating the increasing competition for block rewards between miners.
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