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🚨 BITCOIN HASHRATE JUST DROPPED ~20% 🚨
Biggest negative difficulty adjustment since 2021.
Miners are shutting off machines.
Weak hands in mining are getting flushed.
Price pressure + high costs = margin squeeze.
When #BTC drops hard, inefficient operators can’t survive.
They unplug. They exit. They capitulate.
⚙️ What happens next?
• Network difficulty adjusts lower
• Mining becomes easier
• Remaining miners earn more $BTC per block share
• Strong players gain market share
This is classic miner washout.
It looks scary on the surface —
but historically, miner capitulation phases often mark late-stage sell pressure.
Less competition.
Stronger operators.
Cleaner network structure.
The key question now:
Is this just stress…
or the final purge before stability returns?
$BTC isn’t just price.
It’s hashpower, incentives, and survival of the fittest.
And right now?
The weak miners are being eliminated.
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