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2026-05-18 21:30:02

Bitcoin Miner Revenue Drops 9.44% Following Network Difficulty Jump

After approaching $40 per petahash per second (PH/s) in hashprice terms, bitcoin’s latest price decline triggered a pullback in hashprice, reducing mining profitability since May 14. Conditions tightened further the next day when the difficulty adjustment arrived, pushing mining difficulty 3.12% higher than the previous epoch. Bitcoin Petahash Value Slides to $35 as Mining Difficulty

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