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Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Set for 16% Drop as Hashprice Stays Low

Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Set for 16% Drop as Hashprice Stays Low

Hashprice pressure and fee drought

Hashprice's seven-day average as of July 13 was $30.39 per PH/s/day. That's a long way from the $49.40 miners were pulling in last October. The squeeze is worse because transaction fees have dropped sharply. In the week to July 13, fees made up just 0.69% of total block rewards. That means miners are almost entirely dependent on the block subsidy, which makes every difficulty cut a lifeline — but also means a Bitcoin price drop would erase the benefit fast.

" Wait, original says "miners were pulling in last October" and "transaction fees have dropped sharply" but the original text says "transaction fees are barely a factor" and "fees made up just 0.69%". I'll use the original text: "That's a long way from the $49.40 miners were pulling in last October. The squeeze is worse because transaction fees are barely a factor. In the week to July 13, fees made up just 0.69% of total block rewards." But the original says "In the week to July 13" - I'll keep as "7月13日までの1週間". Also "hashprice's seven-day average as of July 13" -> "7月13日時点のハッシュプライスの7日間平均". Translate: "

ハッシュプライスの圧力と手数料の枯渇

7月13日時点のハッシュプライスの7日間平均は、1PH/s/日あたり30.39ドルでした。これは昨年10月にマイナーが得ていた49.40ドルからは程遠い数字です。圧迫はさらに深刻で、取引手数料はほとんど影響を与えていません。7月13日までの1週間、手数料はブロック報酬全体のわずか0.69%を占めたに過ぎません。つまり、マイナーはほぼ完全にブロック補助金に依存しており、そのため難易度の低下は命綱となりますが、同時にビットコイン価格の下落がその恩恵をすぐに打ち消すことを意味します。

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CleanSpark's numbers tell the story

CleanSpark, one of the larger publicly traded miners, reported 50 EH/s of operational hashrate in June, with an average of 42.6 EH/s over the month. Its fleet efficiency was 16.07 J/TH. The company produced 614 BTC in June, down from 671 BTC in May. That 8.5% drop in output reflects both the difficulty increases earlier in the year and the network's overall hashrate growth. CleanSpark's numbers are a concrete example of what many miners are facing: more competition, thinner margins, and less Bitcoin per unit of work.

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CleanSparkの数字が物語る

上場マイナーの大手であるCleanSparkは、6月の運用ハッシュレートが50EH/s、月間平均42.6EH/sだったと報告しました。同社のフリート効率は16.07J/THでした。同社は6月に614BTCを生産し、5月の671BTCから減少しました。この8.5%の生産量減少は、年初の難易度上昇とネットワーク全体のハッシュレート成長の両方を反映しています。CleanSparkの数字は、多くのマイナーが直面している状況、すなわち競争の激化、利益率の低下、作業単位あたりのビットコイン減少の具体例です。

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The AI lure

AI deals worth $19 billion are pulling mining companies away from Bitcoin. The difficulty reduction improves economics for the miners that stay, but it doesn't touch the bigger pressures: power contracts, debt obligations, and the strategic pivot toward AI infrastructure. For some firms, the math of renting out GPU clusters to AI startups beats the math of mining Bitcoin at current hashprice levels. The difficulty cut might slow the exodus, but it won't reverse it.

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AIの誘惑

190億ドル相当のAI取引が、マイニング企業をビットコインから遠ざけています。難易度低下は残るマイナーにとって経済性を改善しますが、電力契約、債務義務、AIインフラへの戦略的シフトといったより大きな圧力には対処できません。一部の企業にとっては、GPUクラスターをAIスタートアップにレンタルする計算が、現在のハッシュプライス水準でのビットコインマイニングの計算を上回ります。難易度低下は流出を遅らせるかもしれませんが、逆転させることはないでしょう。

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What could undo the relief

The coming difficulty drop is a short-term win for surviving miners — cheaper to find a block. But the relief can be neutralized by a drop in Bitcoin's price, a spike in transaction fees, or the return of competing machines that were switched off. The network's hashrate has already fallen as miners shut down unprofitable rigs. If Bitcoin's price stays flat or rises, the cut could improve margins. If it falls, the cut is just a band-aid. The next adjustment is expected around July 26. Whether it actually helps depends on what happens to price — and whether the hashrate that left stays gone.

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緩和を無効にする可能性のあるもの

今回の難易度低下は、生き残ったマイナーにとって短期的な勝利です。ブロックを見つけるコストが安くなります。しかし、この緩和はビットコイン価格の下落、取引手数料の急上昇、または停止されていた競合マシンの復帰によって無効化される可能性があります。マイナーが不採算のリグを停止したため、ネットワークのハッシュレートはすでに低下しています。ビットコイン価格が横ばいか上昇すれば、難易度低下は利益率を改善する可能性があります。下落すれば、難易度低下