Well it is nice to see 74234 vs 59890
this is a gain of 23.9%
We all know we need to go a lot high but this is a bit of relief for people running the mines.
https://newhedge.io/bitcoin/difficulty-estimatorLatest Block: 940899 (11 minutes ago)
Current Pace: 92.3721% (1444 / 1563.24 expected, 119.24 behind)Previous Difficulty: 144398401518100.9
Current Difficulty: 145042165424853.3
Next Difficulty: between 134008865645469 and 134834567752043
Next Difficulty Change: between -7.6070% and -7.0377%
Previous Retarget: March 5, 2026 at 12:25 PM (+0.4458%)
Next Retarget (earliest): Friday at 2:55 PM (in 4d 4h 58m 19s)
Next Retarget (latest): Friday at 5:10 PM (in 4d 7h 12m 20s)
Projected Epoch Length: between 15d 1h 30m 45s and 15d 3h 44m 46s
now when we hit 126 k on oct 6 the difficulty was 142t
so if the difficulty becomes 134t
price only needs to be 134/142x126= 118,901 for profits to be the same
Trumps decison to attack Iran has helped mining a bit except for of course in Iran.
Time will tell if this rally gets any where near 118k and is a real bull and not a baby bull.
But 250 million people are in the Middle East that have had their countries hit by bombs drones missiles and they are very likely to continue buying btc to protect their wealth from destruction.
Gold went under 5k today it is back to 5032