With Bitcoin’s price consolidated following its all-time high (ATH), the network’s computing power reached an unprecedented zenith, touching the peak of the 943-second exahash (EH/s).
Bitcoin approaches Zetahash’s milestone
Bitcoin’s global hashrate reached a fresh peak. The data reflect the highest EH/s high based on a 7-day simple moving average (SMA). This milestone was achieved on May 31, arriving just 22 days after the previous 929 EH/s, showing an increase of 14 EH/s above the previous peak in computing power.
Source: HashrateIndex.com
Additionally, this milestone is at 57 Exahash, who is embarrassed to violate one Zettahash on a threshold of 1 second (Zh/s) per second. It is an immeasurable torrent of calculation efforts. The hashrate was slightly soaked by June 1st, but it remains formidable. Enter this on Sunday at 5:02pm, and you’ll be trapped in an astonishing 934 Quintilion hash per second committed to the Bitcoin blockchain.
In the past, some have argued that while this positions networks as the most powerful computing system on the planet, drawing a direct comparison with supercomputers is inherently complicated. Bitcoin hashing relies on integer-based operations, while supercomputers are measured with floating point operations per second (flop), which is fundamentally different metric.
Still, the previous rough estimates suggest that it could perform a greater number of operations per second than the best machine in the world like El Capitan, which boasts a Bitcoin hashrate of 1.742, but again, such a parallel comparison is inherently incomplete given the different tasks involved. It is similar to weighing poetry against mathematics. This is two areas with no general metrics.
However, Bitcoin’s calculation power is distributed worldwide and operates without pause. It’s 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Suspensions and hardware shutdowns can temporarily reduce network processing power, but this was not the case in 2025. Instead, miners are steadily contributing more hash power to the system.
The recent rise has come as revenue per Petahash has fallen by 7.93% since May 29th. At the time, the estimated revenue of 1 petahash per second for hash capacity was $56.99. Today, that number slid to $52.47. As the Bitcoin network is closer to the Zettahsch frontier, the relentless expansion of the computational footprint suggests both the confidence and technical ambition of the miners.
While profitability metrics can fluctuate, a steady rise in processing power suggests a deeper narrative. Despite operational efficiency, miners have navigated very thin margins and continue to rely on rising bitcoin prices to recover revenue seen before the fourth harving event last April.
