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Bitcoin mining revenue pressured as network strength holds steady

Written by Brie CarterPublished Dec. 14 2025Last Updated Dec. 14 2025

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Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC) has recorded a third straight reduction in mining difficulty, yet the network’s total computing power continues to hold firmly above the 1.1 zettahash per second level.

Despite ongoing revenue pressure across the mining sector, aggregate hashrate has remained resilient, signalling continued confidence among operators.

As of the weekend, total network hashpower was measured at approximately 1,125.48 exahashes per second, comfortably above the key 1 zettahash threshold.

The latest stability follows a modest 0.74% difficulty adjustment applied at block height 927360 earlier this week.

Since Nov. 12, miners have experienced three downward difficulty revisions, amounting to a combined reduction of 5.06%.

These cuts have not fully offset the 6.31% increase implemented on Oct. 29 at block height 921312, leaving overall difficulty historically elevated.

Even so, miners have successfully prevented a sustained decline in hashrate, highlighting their ability to operate through challenging market conditions.

The persistent strength in hashpower has accelerated block production, with recent data showing blocks being mined faster than the long-term average.

On Dec. 13, the average block interval was approximately 9 minutes and 25 seconds, notably quicker than the target ten-minute pace.

As a result, projections for the next difficulty epoch point towards a potential increase, although the adjustment remains far from final.

Only 18% of the current epoch has been completed so far, equating to 369 of the required 2,016 blocks.

This leaves significant room for the final difficulty change to diverge from current estimates, which suggest a rise of more than 6%.

Elevated hashrate and faster block times are occurring even as miner income remains constrained across the industry.

The hashprice, which measures the expected daily revenue from one petahash per second of computing power, has fallen sharply over the past month.

On Nov. 13, 2025, hashprice stood at $42.70 per petahash per second, but it has since declined to $38.49.

This represents a 9.85% drop over 30 days, reflecting weaker bitcoin prices and reduced fee income.

Data from Luxor’s hashrateindex.com show that over the past 24 hours, transaction fees contributed just 0.54% of the total block reward.

Onchain fees have therefore remained well below the 1% mark, offering limited relief to miners facing tight margins.

Even under these conditions, miners continue to demonstrate resilience, a trait shaped by repeated cycles of stress in previous years.

The coming months will determine whether revenue conditions improve or whether further pressure emerges as the industry moves into 2026.

At the time of reporting, Bitcoin price was $90,292.47.