Bitcoin Heats Up: Difficulty Jumps Nearly 8%, Payouts Drop
On June 12, 2025, Bitcoin mining difficulty increased by 7.96% when block height 905184 was reached, bringing the figure to 126.27 trillion.
The process of mining BTC has become more labor-intensive. Saturday’s difficulty change increased the level by 7.96%, marking the ninth increase this year and five decreases. The difficulty parameter has no units — it simply represents how much harder it is to find a block compared to Bitcoin’s lowest difficulty level, which was set at 1 when the network launched. With the current difficulty level of 126.27 trillion, miners need to produce an average of 126.27 trillion hashes to find a winning block that meets the network’s goals and is considered valid. Before the difficulty change, Bitcoin mining revenue was about $64.03 per petahash per second (PH/s). However, after the difficulty increase, the cost per hash rate dropped to $59.01.
Source: cryptonews.net
