Bitcoin mining difficulty has remained below its all-time hi
Bitcoin mining difficulty has remained below the all-time high of 155.97T set on October 29, 2025, for 374 consecutive days, exceeding the 364 days after the 2011 crash and the 253 days after China's 2021 mining ban. Difficulty fell to 124.93T in June, rebounded to 148.36T in October, and Mempool.space expects another drop of about 3.7% around November 13.
Event Timeline
- [11-07 12:10] Bitcoin mining difficulty has remained below its peak for 374 consecutive days, setting the longest record in history (PANews)
- [11-07 12:11] Bitcoin mining difficulty has remained below its historical peak for 374 consecutive days, setting the longest record (Odaily Planet Daily)
- [11-07 12:21] Bitcoin mining difficulty has remained below its historical high for 374 consecutive days, setting the longest record in history (Wu Shuo)
Background and Impact
According to reports by PANews, Odaily Planet Daily, and Wu Shuo on November 7, 2026, Bitcoin mining difficulty has remained below the all-time high of 155.97T set on October 29, 2025, for 374 consecutive days, the longest such stretch in Bitcoin network history. All three sources cited data from Bitcoin.com or Bitcoin News and consistently noted that the record exceeds the 364 days after the 2011 crash and the 253 days after China's 2021 mining ban.
Economist Saifedean Ammous said that neither the 95% price drawdown in 2011 nor China's mining ban lasted as long as this, calling it a "new world" for Bitcoin mining. Data show that difficulty fell to 124.93T in mid-June 2026, about 20% below the peak; although it rebounded in October