Bitcoin mining difficulty falls 7.7% as miner pressure persists

Bitcoin’s mining difficulty just logged its second sizeable cut of 2026, easing conditions for remaining miners as competition from artificial intelligence data centers rises.

Early report Major update Updated Mar 21, 2026, 11:58 AM UTC

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Cointelegraph: Bitcoin mining difficulty falls 7.7% as miner pressure persists.

First seen Mar 21, 2026, 11:58 AM UTC Latest source Mar 21, 2026, 11:58 AM UTC

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Bitcoin mining difficulty falls 7.7% as miner pressure persists

Cointelegraph •published Mar 21, 2026, 11:58 AM UTC •fetched Mar 21, 2026, 12:01 PM UTC