At the time when bitcoin (BTC) price is breaking all-time highs, the mining difficulty is set to break its record today. Per mining pool BTC.com estimates, mining may become the most difficult it’s ever been in several hours from now (15:34 UTC). Bitcoin mining difficulty, or the measure of how hard it is to compete for mining rewards, is expected to climb by 1.4%, to 21.7 T. It would be the fourth increase in a row this year. Since its last adjustment down on December 28, the mining difficulty has already increased by 15%, cutting into the profit margins of BTC miners. However, BTC rallied by 46% in the past month alone, increasing mining profitability and prompting new investments in this industry. Today, BTC surpassed the USD 53,000 level for the first time. At the time of writing, BTC
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