Historic Shift: Bitcoin Difficulty Spikes as Hashrate Retreats From Zettahash Range

After vaulting past the 1 zettahash per second (ZH/s) threshold, Bitcoins mining difficulty climbed 4.89% to reach an all-time pinnacle of 136.04 trillion. This adjustment, paired with softened bitcoin prices, has tightened the squeeze on mining participants. Mining Just Got Harder: Bitcoin Pushes Difficulty to Lifetime Peak According to the seven-day simple moving average (SMA) []