TechBitcoin’s 316-day hashrate drought shows why AI could deepen the mining downturn

Bitcoin’s hashrate has remained below its record for 316 days, the longest stretch in a decade. Although BTC prices, mining margins and difficulty have improved, miners have been slow to restart equipment as some redirect power and data-center capacity to AI and high-performance computing, making the downturn harder to reverse.

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