Bitcoin’s mining environment in 2025 has become increasingly turbulent, with the network’s hash rate swinging wildly between 700 and 1,000 EH/s.
These fluctuations are now driving some of the most dramatic mining difficulty adjustments of the year.
Data shows seven difficulty recalibrations in just eleven weeks, underscoring how the protocol is constantly adjusting to unpredictable miner activity. As of block 907200, difficulty sits at 127.62T following a modest 1.07% increase. However, projections point to a sharp 4.97% decrease in the next adjustment—one of the steepest drops in months.
The rolling 7-day average hashrate now hovers near 892 EH/s, reflecting a network operating in a higher range than it did earlier in the year. A large 7.96% difficulty hike at block 905184 highlighted April’s uptick in mining intensity, though it followed a steep -7.48% decline just weeks prior—evidence of how reactive the system has become.
Day-to-day spikes have outpaced longer-term trends, suggesting intermittent downtime among industrial-scale miners. With difficulty still aiming to maintain the 10-minute block interval, volatility in hardware uptime and hash power is fueling more aggressive corrective moves.
If the projected drop holds, it will mark a clear attempt by the network to ease pressure on miners after weeks of elevated computational demand.
Krasimir Rusev
Reporter at Coindoo
Source: https://coindoo.com/bitcoin-network-braces-for-major-difficulty-drop-as-hashrate-volatility-intensifies/