Bitcoin network, live
Difficulty, network hashrate, the next adjustment and the countdown to the next halving – and what all of it means for your own miner at home.
Difficulty
140.58 T
Last adjustment +5.92 %
Network hashrate
1,056 EH/s
3-day average
Block height
972,726
Currently 3.125 BTC per block
Next difficulty adjustment
Every 2016 blocks, roughly every two weeks.
Estimated change
+4.56 %
Period 50.3 % done
- Blocks to go
- 1,002
- At block
- 973,728
- Expected
- Oct 29, 2026
- Current block time
- 9.6 min
Blocks faster than 10 minutes push the difficulty up, slower blocks push it down.
Countdown to halving #5
At block 1,050,000 · April 2028
Block subsidy
then halves to
3.125 → 1.5625 BTC
Projected with 10 minutes per block: over two years the difficulty adjustment pulls any deviation back to that average.
What this means for your miner
At the current difficulty, this is the average waiting time until a miner finds a block on its own. It is an average, not a deadline – solo mining is a lottery where every single block is a fresh draw.
| Miner | Hashrate | Average wait for a block | Bitaxe Rewards per month | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bitaxe Gamma | 1.30 TH/s | 14,717 years | ≈ 140 points (€1.40) | View |
| Nerdaxe Gamma | 1.30 TH/s | 14,717 years | ≈ 140 points (€1.40) | View |
| Sovereign Stack V1 | 1.30 TH/s | 14,717 years | ≈ 140 points (€1.40) | View |
| Bitaxe Gamma Copper Pro | 1.50 TH/s | 12,755 years | ≈ 162 points (€1.62) | View |
| Bitaxe GT | 2.15 TH/s | 8,899 years | ≈ 232 points (€2.32) | View |
| Nerdaxe Gaia | 2.60 TH/s | 7,359 years | ≈ 281 points (€2.81) | View |
| Nerdaxe Gaia Copper Pro | 3.00 TH/s | 6,378 years | ≈ 324 points (€3.24) | View |
| Bitaxe 702 | 4.20 TH/s | 4,555 years | ≈ 454 points (€4.54) | View |
| NerdQaxe++ | 4.80 TH/s | 3,986 years | ≈ 518 points (€5.18) | View |
| NerdQaxe Copper Pro | 4.80 TH/s | 3,986 years | ≈ 518 points (€5.18) | View |
| Avalon Nano 3s | 6.00 TH/s | 3,189 years | ≈ 648 points (€6.48) | View |
| NerdQaxe++ Hydro | 6.00 TH/s | 3,189 years | ≈ 648 points (€6.48) | View |
| NerdQX | 8.00 TH/s | 2,392 years | ≈ 864 points (€8.64) | View |
| Bitaxe Gamma Hex 1300 | 10.50 TH/s | 1,822 years | ≈ 1,134 points (€11.34) | View |
| NerdOctaxe | 12.00 TH/s | 1,594 years | ≈ 1,296 points (€12.96) | View |
| NerdOctaxe Hydro | 14.00 TH/s | 1,367 years | ≈ 1,512 points (€15.12) | View |
Formula: difficulty × 2³² ÷ hashrate. Want to add electricity cost and the value of a block? Mining calculator
Bitaxe Rewards: on the Bitaxe Pool every address collects 3.6 points per TH/s and day, whether or not a block is found, counted up to 15 TH/s per address. 100 points are €1 off in the shop, redeemable from 500 points and 30 active days for up to 10 % of an order. Bitaxe Rewards
Bitaxe Pool
Solo mining with these numbers
Our solo pool in Frankfurt charges a 0 % fee and needs no account. If your miner finds a block, the coinbase pays the full reward of currently 3.125 BTC plus transaction fees straight to your address. Until then every address collects Bitaxe Rewards: 3.6 points per TH/s and day, 100 points are €1 off in the shop.
- Pool hashrate
- 1.66 PH/s
- Miners
- 726
- Addresses
- 555
- Best share on the pool
- 354 G
Blocks found so far: 0 · As of 8:24 am · pool.bitaxe.de
In AxeOS: Host stratum.bitaxe.de · Port 3333 · User: your Bitcoin address · Password x
Why the difficulty exists
Bitcoin wants a block roughly every ten minutes – no matter whether ten computers or a million machines are mining. Every 2016 blocks the network compares how long the last period actually took and corrects the difficulty accordingly, by at most a factor of four in either direction. That is the whole regulating mechanism: no committee, no vote, just arithmetic that every node performs identically.
What happens at a halving
Every 210,000 blocks the reward for a new block is cut in half. It started at 50 BTC in 2009; today it is 3.125 BTC, and after the next halving it will be 1.5625 BTC. This is how the 21 million cap is enforced – not by a rule that stops issuance, but by a series that keeps halving until nothing is left to halve.
Frequently asked questions
What is the Bitcoin mining difficulty?
The difficulty determines how hard it is to find a valid block. Every 2016 blocks – roughly every two weeks – the network adjusts it so that a block takes about ten minutes on average, no matter how much hashrate is online.
When is the next Bitcoin halving?
The next halving happens at block 1,050,000, estimated for April 2028. The block subsidy then drops from 3.125 to 1.5625 BTC.
Does the difficulty affect my solo mining chances?
Yes, directly. Your expected waiting time for a block is difficulty × 2^32 ÷ your hashrate. If the difficulty rises, the wait gets longer with the same hardware.
Why does the estimated adjustment keep changing?
It is extrapolated from the blocks found so far in the current period. Early in a period a few fast or slow blocks move the estimate a lot; it stabilises towards the end.
Where can I solo mine with my Bitaxe?
For example on our solo pool pool.bitaxe.de: server in Frankfurt, 0 % fee, no account. In AxeOS enter host stratum.bitaxe.de, port 3333 and your Bitcoin address as user. If your miner finds a block, the coinbase pays the full reward straight to your address. Until then every address collects Bitaxe Rewards, 3.6 points per TH/s and day, redeemable as a discount in the shop.
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