Hey kids! Did you know Bitcoin just got harder to mine? It's like a super-hard puzzle that miners solve with powerful computers. The difficulty of this puzzle just reached a record high!
- Miners use computers to solve puzzles and add new Bitcoin to the network.
- The 'difficulty' is how hard these puzzles are. It just increased, making it harder to mine Bitcoin.
- This happened because miners added lots of powerful computers, making Bitcoin blocks found faster.
Fact | Number |
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New Bitcoin difficulty level | 114.1 terahashes (highest ever!) |
Bitcoin price now | Around $98,200 |
Price increase in last 7 days | Almost 4% |