Bitcoin mining difficulty fell nearly 8% on March 20 to 133.79 trillion, dragging network hashrate below 1 ZH/s.

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Bitcoin’s mining difficulty fell by around 7.7% on March 20, easing conditions for remaining miners as hashrate slips and operators face growing competition from AI data centers.