Today, July 26, 2025, Bitcoin (BTC) network registered a different difficulty adjustment. The procedure itself is a weekly routine, and the adjustment rate itself is mediocre today, but this time the oldest blockchain destroyed three records at the same time.
Bitcoin (BTC) Hash Rate Hit Historical Milestone: 1 Zettahash per Second
Bitcoin (BTC), the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, witnessed today’s regular mining difficulties adjustments. According to Clover (formerly BTC.com), Block 907,200 reduces the difficulty of Bitcoin (BTC) by 1.07% to 127.62 T.
First, its average hashrate exceeds 1,000 times per second. That means for the first time in its history, the average hash rate of Bitcoin (BTC) hits 1.05 Zettahash per second.
As a result, Bitcoin (BTC) miners now generate multiple hashes per second. The race for the opportunity to add the next block to the network has been heated more than ever.
The difficulty level of Bitcoin (BTC) itself reached 127.62 T, which was previously invisible. The difficulty of the surge and hashrate metrics are clear evidence of miners’ optimism. Both indicators can only grow when more and more computers join the network and participate in block verification.
Finally, the block time for Bitcoin (BTC) fell to an incredible 8 minutes and 42 seconds. This is 13% faster than the usual 10 minute estimate.
Bitcoin (BTC) difficulty adds 30% in just one year
Additionally, the next difficulty adjustment – expected over 13 days – is also set to a small but positive.
Over the past 12 months, Bitcoin (BTC) difficulties have increased by almost 30%, while Bitcoin (BTC) average hashrate has increased by 70%.
For the network to keep the block production process stable and predictable, it requires one week of difficulty adjustment per week.
The price of Bitcoin (BTC) reached $118,500 today amid the moderate optimism of traders. Despite the shrinking total capital in the Crypto segment, BTC is up 0.5% today.