The US holds its first spot in terms of Bitcoin’s raw computing power, with Excellash (EH/S) per 323.4 seconds. Meanwhile, Russia and China saw hashrate increases of 19.05% and 13.13%, respectively.
Bitcoin Mining Heatmap The Hashrate Index shows that the US holds 35.81% of the global BTC mining hashrate. In the second quarter of this year, the US BTC hashrate was 36.025%, resulting in a relative change of 0.6%. The absolute percentage change is approximately 0.2%.
Currently, the US total BTC calculation capacity is 323.4 EH/s, an increase of 11.52% from 290 EH/s in the second quarter of 2025.
The Bitcoin Mining Heatmap shows the US in the darkest orange shade, as it has the highest market share globally.
Russia and China are leading the way in the surge in Bitcoin hashrates
Russia’s hashrate was 150 EH/s in Q3, compared to 126 EH/s in the second quarter, an increase of 19.05% in raw calculus. The country saw a relative change in the Bitcoin hashrate of 6.12%. Compared to the current 16.61%, the market share of hashrates was 15.652% in Q2, with an absolute change of 0.96% points.
China’s hashrate saw a surge of 13.13%, rising from 110.5 EH/s to 125 EH/s. The country’s hashrate market share jumped slightly from 13.727% to 13.84%, corresponding to an absolute change of 0.113% points and a relative change of 0.823%.
In the Middle East, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Oman lead the power of mining hashrates.
The UAE saw an increase in computational power of 32 EH/s from 30 EH/s at the end of Q2. Emirates has a global hashrate market share of 3.544%, compared to 3.727% in the second quarter of 2025.
Oman is second in the Middle East, with an increased hashrate of 27 EH/s compared to 25 EH/s in the last quarter. The country’s hashrate market share at 2.99% fell from 3.106% in the second quarter.
Other countries leading hashrate mining include Canada and Paraguay. Canada maintains a market share of 2.935% with a hashrate power of 26.5 EH/s, while Paraguay has a global share of 3.876% with a 2.5 EH/s computing power.
Bitcoin mining heat map. Source: Hashrate Index.
Bitcoin mining difficulty surged by 7.96%
Over the past seven days, the difficulty of mining Bitcoin has increased by around 7.96% to 126.27 trillion. The difficulty level was adjusted with block number 905,184. This is the ninth increase in the difficulty level so far this year. In contrast, five difficulty levels could occur in BTC networks over the same period.
Network difficulties have decreased by 0.11% over the past 30 days. However, it has skyrocketed by 3.92% over the past 90 days.
The next Bitcoin difficulty adjustment is estimated to occur on Saturday, July 26th. Data shows that future adjustments will reduce the mining difficulty from 126.27 trillion to 123.19 trillion.
Bitcoin difficulty is adjusted every 2,016 blocks or approximately every two weeks. This mechanism maintains the average block check time of approximately 10 minutes.
The recent jump to 126.27 trillion is the result of an increase in total mining power across the network.
Bitcoin fell 0.9% from an all-time high of $122,838. At press time, coins exchanged hands for $121,760, with 24-hour trading volume of $59.2 billion. BTC’s market capitalization is $2.4 trillion, with a market advantage of 62.4%.