On Bitcoin's 16th birthday, mining difficulty and hashrate hit all-time highs

According to CoinWarz, $BTC mining difficulty on January 3 stood at 109.78 trillion. The most recent difficulty adjustment was on December 29

This is 24% higher over the last 90 days and roughly 52% higher since the start of 2024

On January 2 the $BTC hashrate jumped to an all-time high of 1000.8 exahashes per second. That is 530 EH/s more, counting from January 1, 2024