Projected Bitcoin difficulty cut offers modest revenue boost but still strains older S19 miners
A forecasted 6.5% drop in Bitcoin difficulty could raise hashprice by 7%, yet older S19 rigs would need electricity under 5¢/kWh to stay profitable.
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A forecasted 6.5% drop in Bitcoin difficulty could raise hashprice by 7%, yet older S19 rigs would need electricity under 5¢/kWh to stay profitable.
Bitcoin’s price, hashprice and network hashrate all fell this week, while transaction fees rose 31%, according to the Hashrate Index weekly roundup.
Luxor’s October lookback shows a 9.4% rise in network hashrate and an 11.8% difficulty jump, while the USD hashprice fell 17.9% amid an 8% drop in Bitcoin price.
Despite a 7.3% price drop, Bitcoin miners generated $1.215 billion in October, the highest monthly revenue since November 2025, while hashprice slid to $33.18 per PH/s.