MiningThe processing power backing the Bitcoin network has continued its upward momentum tapping another alltime high ATH on February 15 2022 at 249 exahash per second EHs Following the latest ATH the networks mining difficulty increased on Thursday morning EST up 478 and reaching a value of 2797 trillion The mining difficulty has increased six times in a row since November 28 2025 which makes it 2334 harder for bitcoin miners to find bitcoin block rewards since then