Bitcoin Difficulty Logs 11.16% Reduction, Largest Drop Since China’s 2021 Mining Crackdown

This weekend, the Bitcoin network logged its steepest difficulty cut since July 3, 2021—a moment that followed China’s sweeping ban on mining and trading, which triggered a sharp market sell-off and sent miners scrambling for exits beyond the region. Bitcoin Mining Gets Easier—for Now—as Difficulty Drops 11.16% After a winter storm ripped through dozens of