The Bitcoin mining hash rate peaked at 258 exahashes per second (EH/s) on Oct. 4, according to Braiins Insights, a Bitcoin mining tools company. Although the Bitcoin price is down 58% year-to-date against the United States dollar, the mining hash rate is up 43%. Bitcoin’s net emissions are down for 3rd month in a row According to Bitcoin mining data tracking website MiningPoolStats, Bitcoin’s hash rate hit a new record high earlier this week. According to the website, the network reached the milestone of computing three hundred quintillion (300,000,000,000,000,000,000) hashes per second (300 EH/s).
The hashrate is a measure of the computing power that is dedicated to mining Bitcoin and securing the network. An increasing hashrate thus means that more mining machines are coming online, which could signal rising optimism among miners about bitcoin prices going forward. Hash rate of the network The Bitcoin hashrate has been trending upwards from 2022 lows. According to data from CoinWarz, the latest BTC hashrate is 272.94 EH/s. This year, it recorded a new high of 296.8 EH/s on Jan. 16.