On March 24, 2023, Bitcoin’s difficulty is anticipated to increase once more following two consecutive increases. The network’s hashrate remains above the 300 exahash per second (EH/s) range, and the estimated difficulty change for Friday, March 24, is anticipated to be between 2.51% and 5.7% higher than the current 43.55 trillion. With 97.22 EH/s, or 30.31% of the global hashrate, Foundry USA is currently the leading bitcoin mining pool. Foundry, Antpool, F2pool, Binance Pool, and Viabtc are the top five bitcoin mining pools, controlling 84.52% of the market.
Bitcoin Network Preps for Another Difficulty Spike as Hashrate Remains Strong and Miners Profit Amid Price Surge