Bitcoin hash updated historic high

The amount of computing power in the network of the first cryptocurrency reached a record value at around 136.2 EH / s, for last year this indicator increased by 210%.

Yesterday, March 1, the Bitcoin hash has set a newhistorical maximum at 136.2 EH / s, according to the information service blockchain.com. Since January 1, this indicator has grown by 21%, and over the year - by 210%

If the growth trend of computing volumeBitcoin network power will remain, this will lead to the approaching moment of the onset of halving. This event is assigned to block 630,000. The higher the hashrate, the faster the coin is mined, the sooner the mining reward will decrease. According to the counter of the Binance exchange, it will happen in 2 months, on May 5.

Over the weekend, Bitcoin set another record. The number of transactions in the network of the first cryptocurrency surpassed the 3.1 billion mark, more than a third of them were completed in 2019.