Key Takeaways Bitcoin difficulty dipped just 0.03% to 132.72 trillion at block 969696. September delivered bitcoin miners $1.12 billion, the best month since January. Hashprice hovered near $40 per PH/s as Bitcoin’s 2026 difficulty fell a net 11.96%. Bitcoin Difficulty Barely Budges With 0.03% Reduction Bitcoin difficulty is an automatic setting that makes mining blocks harder or easier, so a new block is found about every ten minutes. Records show that 2026 has logged 19 total adjustments with eight increases and now 11 decreases following the latest change. The latest 0.03% reduction is the smallest move of the year, and …