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 <li><strong>Bitcoin’s mining difficulty has reached an all-time high, making it more challenging to mine new blocks.</strong></li> 
 <li><strong>The network’s hash rate has increased to 504.63 exa-hashes per second.</strong></li> 
 <li><strong>Previously, the Bitcoin network experienced a one-hour block production disruption.</strong></li> 
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<p>The Bitcoin network has recently hit a significant milestone regarding the difficulty level of mining a new block. In particular, according to statistics from Bitcoin Blockchain <a href="https://explorer.btc.com/btc/insights-difficulty" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Explorer</a>, BTC experienced a mining difficulty adjustment at block height 818,496. This adjustment has increased the mining difficulty by 5.07%, reaching a new high of 67.96 tera-hashes per second.</p> 
<p>The prominent Chinese reporter Colin Wu called attention to this development in a recent statement on the X platform.</p> 
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   <p lang="en" dir="ltr">Bitcoin mining difficulty ushered in a mining difficulty adjustment at block height 818496. The mining difficulty was raised by 5.07% to 67.96 T, continuing to hit a record high. The current average hashrate of the entire network is 504.80 EH/s. <a href="https://t.co/vgAkEgyDOf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://t.co/vgAkEgyDOf</a></p>— Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) <a href="https://twitter.com/WuBlockchain/status/1728645493138628809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">November 26, 2023</a>
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<p>Significantly, the recent adjustment suggests that mining new blocks is now 5.07% more challengin…</p>
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Bitcoin Mining Hits Record Difficulty: 5.07% Increase at Block 818,496

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