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Data / Mining difficulty / 2026
Bitcoin mining difficulty since 2013, stepping at every retarget.
Mining difficulty opened 2026 at 148.26T (January 1, 2026) and closed at 132.76T (September 22, 2026), down 10.5%. The high was 148.26T on January 1, 2026 and the low 124.93T on June 14, 2026.
| Month | Month end |
|---|---|
| January 2026 | 141.67T |
| February 2026 | 144.40T |
| March 2026 | 133.79T |
| April 2026 | 135.59T |
| May 2026 | 138.96T |
| June 2026 | 133.87T |
| July 2026 | 126.23T |
| August 2026 | 125.81T |
| September 2026 | 132.76T |
Every 2,016 blocks — roughly two weeks — the network resets how hard it is to find a block so that one arrives about every ten minutes. When hashrate has grown, difficulty goes up; when machines switch off, it comes down.
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Also in 2026: Bitcoin price · Distance from the all-time high · 200-day and 200-week averages · Network hashrate · Difficulty adjustments · Fees paid to miners · Transactions per day · Hashprice · Miner revenue · Miner prices per terahash · Bitmain releases and the bitcoin price · Break-even electricity price