Bitcoin Hashrate Falls Under 1 ZH/s For First Time in Months
The Bitcoin hashrate dropped below 1 zetahash per second for the first time in four months, potentially due to miners shifting power to AI compute services.Summary
The Bitcoin network hashrate has fallen below 1,000 exahash per second (EH/s), or 1 zetahash per second (ZH/s), for the first time since mid-September, marking a nearly 15% decline from its October peak. Analyst Leon Lyu, CEO of StandardHash, suggests this drop is driven by Bitcoin miners reallocating power and infrastructure to pursue higher profitability margins in AI compute services. This shift is occurring despite recent improvements in Bitcoin miner profitability, evidenced by a rising hashprice and four consecutive drops in mining difficulty since November 12, 2025. Lyu noted that AI is actively competing for grid resources, and he speculated that the true network hashrate might be underestimated due to undisclosed scaling activities by manufacturers like Bitmain.
(Source：Cointelegraph)