Key Takeaways
- Bitcoin difficulty dipped just 0.03% to 132.72 trillion at block 969696.
- September delivered bitcoin miners $1.12 billion, the best month since January.
- Hashprice hovered near $40 per PH/s as Bitcoin’s 2026 difficulty fell a net 11.96%.
Bitcoin Difficulty Barely Budges With 0.03% Reduction
Bitcoin difficulty is an automatic setting that makes mining blocks harder or easier, so a new block is found about every ten minutes. Records show that 2026 has logged 19 total adjustments with eight increases and now 11 decreases following the latest change. The latest 0.03% reduction is the smallest move of the year, and the network’s difficulty now stands at 132.72 trillion.
The shift is modest enough to have little material effect on bitcoin miners, with the next difficulty adjustment expected on Oct. 18, 2026. Presently, block intervals are a bit slower at ten minutes and 48 seconds, but that could change over the next two weeks. So while Bitcoin has recorded eight increases totaling +33.34%, the network’s 11 reductions, amounting to -45.30%, leave it with a net decline of -11.96% since the start of the year.
This has provided some welcome breathing room for bitcoin miners, while BTC’s recent rally has further strengthened mining revenue. Bitcoin’s hashprice, or the value of the daily output generated by 1 petahash per second (PH/s), reached a 30-day high of $41.51 while dipping to a low of $37.45 per PH/s. For most of the month, however, hashprice has hovered around $40 per petahash.
September Mining Revenue Posts One of 2026’s Strongest Months
For September, bitcoin miners recorded the best month in revenue since January, when miners raked in $1.12 billion. That’s just a hair below January’s $1.15 billion. It was also one of the best months since May 2026, when miners accrued $1.08 billion, according to newhedge.io metrics. The question now is whether this momentum can carry through the final months of the year.
Miners are enjoying a rare respite, and it may prove more durable than precarious. The year’s net difficulty decline has given operators genuine breathing room, while hashprice hovering near $40 points to steady, workable margins. September’s strong revenue, coupled with bitcoin’s recent spike in August and September, suggests momentum is still gathering rather than simply flashing and fading. Whether that momentum carries through the remainder of the year, however, remains to be seen.
