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February 07, 2026, 10:16:25 AM
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Most of us have heard that Bitcoin's mining difficulty will increase day by day because of the environment and Bitcoin's technical building features.
If we talk about the environment, then inflation is happening in the global economy, along with the increase in energy prices and that increase in electrical costs, so that mining costs are increasing, and at the same time, mining devices have to be built more powerful than before, so are these really good for our miners? Or does mining difficulty have a negative impact on miners?

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February 07, 2026, 08:30:25 PM
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Most of us have heard that Bitcoin's mining difficulty will increase day by day because of the environment and Bitcoin's technical building features.
If we talk about the environment, then inflation is happening in the global economy, along with the increase in energy prices and that increase in electrical costs, so that mining costs are increasing, and at the same time, mining devices have to be built more powerful than before, so are these really good for our miners? Or does mining difficulty have a negative impact on miners?
Starting in October 2025, the hashrate will fall, and the difficulty will also fall. I think there will be a direct correlation between profit and difficulty. If the Bitcoin price doesn't rise, new equipment won't be purchased as quickly as before.
I believe that the Halvig, which occurs once every 4 years, affects the entire equipment market more than most other factors.

 
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February 08, 2026, 02:28:01 AM
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The offset is the fact that when a number of miners leave the pool, the difficulty falls such that the existing miners will find it easier to mine using the same hashpower that they were using to mine previously. So they will make bigger profit. This is the reason mining will not stop but when old miners leave, new miners are going to come in and join the network.

Costs are there to consider, but fighting the hashpower is the big deal here. The difficulty fluctuates and you would have be someone who is monitoring that and starting your miners accordingly. But I never found the funds nor the fun in this.

 
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February 08, 2026, 04:49:44 PM
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Bitcoin mining difficulty is recalculated every 2016 blocks, which, if you compare it to time, is roughly every 14 days. Therefore, if some equipment is shut down, it will be more difficult for others to find a new block until the difficulty is recalculated. We've already seen this happen, with multiple equipment shutting down simultaneously.

 
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February 08, 2026, 04:51:44 PM
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Quote from: Crypto Library
Most of us have heard that Bitcoin's mining difficulty will increase day by day because of the environment and Bitcoin's technical building features.If we talk about the environment, then inflation is happening in the global economy, along with the increase in energy prices and that increase in electrical costs, so that mining costs are increasing, and at the same time, mining devices have to be built more powerful than before, so are these really good for our miners? Or does mining difficulty have a negative impact on miners?

lol @Crypto Library you asking if difficulty is good for miners

it's like asking if gravity is good for skydivers it just is

the network adjusts that's the whole point

if you can't handle the heat get out of the kitchen noob
the only miners that survive are the ones who are efficient or have cheap power
everyone else gets rekt eventually
it's not about being good or bad for miners it's about bitcoin being bitcoin
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February 08, 2026, 08:40:54 PM
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Most of us have heard that Bitcoin's mining difficulty will increase day by day because of the environment and Bitcoin's technical building features.If we talk about the environment, then inflation is happening in the global economy, along with the increase in energy prices and that increase in electrical costs, so that mining costs are increasing, and at the same time, mining devices have to be built more powerful than before, so are these really good for our miners? Or does mining difficulty have a negative impact on miners?

lol @Crypto Library you asking if difficulty is good for miners

it's like asking if gravity is good for skydivers it just is

the network adjusts that's the whole point

if you can't handle the heat get out of the kitchen noob
the only miners that survive are the ones who are efficient or have cheap power
everyone else gets rekt eventually
it's not about being good or bad for miners it's about bitcoin being bitcoin

There are more in depth complexities but you have a lot of the truth.

Difficulty is needed .

Proper in balance Difficulty is more important.

Ie I invent a Philly willy miner. It does 1000eh on 1 watt.

It costs 10 dollars to make. I would change the entire world of mining in a flash.

The next 2 weeks my 1 watt miner would grab have the blocks.

In 2 weeks the  diff would adjust and I would still grab 1/2 the coins.

In 6 or 8 weeks I could add a miner just so I always have 1/2 the blocks.

This would really hurt the balance of mining.


Kind of like if the earth had Jupiter s gravity most life would get crushed.

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Today at 03:38:45 AM
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Is mining difficulty actually good for miners? as long that I understand that Mining difficulty is use basic supply and demand when there a lot of people who mined bitcoin than the difficuly is keep rising and vice versa the profitabilty also need a good price for miner to becoma a viable businness.

The negative side "Bitcoin miners experienced one of the toughest profitability environments on record, as profit margins eroded due to the April 2024 halving, which slashed the block subsidy by 50% and macroeconomic developments." - https://id.tradingview.com/news/cointelegraph%3A4023fee53094b%3A0-bitcoin-mining-difficulty-falls-in-first-adjustment-of-2026/

The plus side "Bitcoin mining difficulty drops 11% in largest negative adjustment since China's 2021 ban" - https://www.theblock.co/post/388955/bitcoin-mining-difficulty-drops-11-in-largest-negative-adjustment-since-chinas-2021-ban

Also "Many mining operators have already deprioritized their mining operations (or phased them out entirely) as part of their ‘pivot’ to serving as data centers for artificial intelligence (AI) and other high-performance computing (HPC) activities." https://coingeek.com/miners-enjoy-btc-gains-but-are-higher-energy-costs-coming

Well in theory like philipma1957 said, that Difficulty is needed . Proper in balance Difficulty is more important.

 
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Today at 04:13:21 AM
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Is mining difficulty actually good for miners? as long that I understand that Mining difficulty is use basic supply and demand when there a lot of people who mined bitcoin than the difficuly is keep rising and vice versa the profitabilty also need a good price for miner to becoma a viable businness.

The negative side "Bitcoin miners experienced one of the toughest profitability environments on record, as profit margins eroded due to the April 2024 halving, which slashed the block subsidy by 50% and macroeconomic developments." - https://id.tradingview.com/news/cointelegraph%3A4023fee53094b%3A0-bitcoin-mining-difficulty-falls-in-first-adjustment-of-2026/

The plus side "Bitcoin mining difficulty drops 11% in largest negative adjustment since China's 2021 ban" - https://www.theblock.co/post/388955/bitcoin-mining-difficulty-drops-11-in-largest-negative-adjustment-since-chinas-2021-ban

Also "Many mining operators have already deprioritized their mining operations (or phased them out entirely) as part of their ‘pivot’ to serving as data centers for artificial intelligence (AI) and other high-performance computing (HPC) activities." https://coingeek.com/miners-enjoy-btc-gains-but-are-higher-energy-costs-coming

Well in theory like philipma1957 said, that Difficulty is needed . Proper in balance Difficulty is more important.
some of that 11% was due to power shutdowns in Texas due to the extreme cold.

this next jump will bring +3 to +6

which in fact means we had back to back -2 and not

-11   +6


as the -11 would have been around -2 or -4

and this current jump would be a -2 or -4

the balance is happening.

the prior drops are more likely the mining adjustment. not the last one which was expanded by the cold weather in Texas .  We will find out soon enough if that is correct.
as of now it looks like a high move up will occur.

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Latest Block:   935690  (7 minutes ago)

Current Pace:   115.4723%  (267 / 231.22 expected, 35.78 ahead)

Previous Difficulty:   141668107417558.2                           
Current Difficulty:   125864590119494.3                           
Next Difficulty:   between 130353353949071 and 146221975975071
Next Difficulty Change:   between +3.5663% and +16.1740%
Previous Retarget:   Yesterday at 8:42 AM  (-11.1553%)
Next Retarget (earliest):   February 19, 2026 at 11:41 AM  (in 10d 12h 26m 29s)
Next Retarget (latest):   February 20, 2026 at 9:34 PM  (in 11d 22h 19m 37s)
Projected Epoch Length:   between 12d 2h 58m 43s and 13d 12h 51m 52s

we may get back all the lost hash in 1 jump which would mean miners are in the belief that BTC is going up soon.

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Today at 10:21:50 AM
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Is mining difficulty actually good for miners? as long that I understand that Mining difficulty is use basic supply and demand when there a lot of people who mined bitcoin than the difficuly is keep rising and vice versa the profitabilty also need a good price for miner to becoma a viable businness.

The negative side "Bitcoin miners experienced one of the toughest profitability environments on record, as profit margins eroded due to the April 2024 halving, which slashed the block subsidy by 50% and macroeconomic developments." - https://id.tradingview.com/news/cointelegraph%3A4023fee53094b%3A0-bitcoin-mining-difficulty-falls-in-first-adjustment-of-2026/

The plus side "Bitcoin mining difficulty drops 11% in largest negative adjustment since China's 2021 ban" - https://www.theblock.co/post/388955/bitcoin-mining-difficulty-drops-11-in-largest-negative-adjustment-since-chinas-2021-ban

Also "Many mining operators have already deprioritized their mining operations (or phased them out entirely) as part of their ‘pivot’ to serving as data centers for artificial intelligence (AI) and other high-performance computing (HPC) activities." https://coingeek.com/miners-enjoy-btc-gains-but-are-higher-energy-costs-coming

Well in theory like philipma1957 said, that Difficulty is needed . Proper in balance Difficulty is more important.
Artificial intelligence equipment has become several times more expensive. According to my calculations, the payback is much worse than that of ASICs, and this equipment yields very little profit in mining. To recoup the investment, you need contracts for the next 3-4 years; otherwise, I don't see how this equipment will pay for itself.

 
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