Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Has Not Set a Record in 374 Days, Its Longest Gap on Record
Bitcoin’s mining difficulty has not printed a new all-time high in 374 days. The metric stands at 148.36 trillion hashes after the retarget of 29 October 2026, which lifted it 5.54% from 140.58 trillion. The record remains 155.97 trillion, set at block 921,312 on 29 October 2025 at 10:14 UTC, according to mempool.space difficulty data. That leaves the network 4.88% below its peak, and spot Bitcoin at $75,577, down 2.5% over seven days and 7.6% over 30.