Russia and China Lead Bitcoin Hashrate Growth
The United States leads in pure Bitcoin computing power, reaching 323.4 exahashes per second (EH/s). Meanwhile, Russia and China have seen their hashrate increase by 19.05% and 13.13%, respectively.
The Hashrate Index Bitcoin mining heat map showed that the U.S. accounts for 35.81% of the total global BTC hashrate. The second quarter of this year showed that the U.S. BTC hashrate was 36.025%, representing a relative change of 0.6%. The absolute percentage change is approximately 0.2%.
Currently, the total computing power of BTC in the US is 323.4 EH/s, an increase of 11.52% from 290 EH/s in Q2 2025.
On the Bitcoin mining heat map, the US stands out in the darkest orange, indicating the highest market share in the world.
Russia and China Lead Bitcoin Hashrate Growth
In Q3, Russia's hashrate was 150 EH/s, up from 126 EH/s in Q2, representing a 19.05% increase in raw computing power. The country's relative Bitcoin hashrate change was 6.12%. The hashrate market share was 15.652% in Q2, and the current figure is 16.61%, representing an absolute change of 0.96 percentage points.
China's hashrate increased by 13.13%, rising from 110.5 EH/s to 125 EH/s. The country's hashrate market share increased slightly from 13.727% to 13.84%, representing an absolute change of 0.113 percentage points and a relative change of 0.823%.
In the Middle East, the leaders in terms of hashrate power are the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Oman.
In the UAE, computing power increased by 32 EH/s compared to 30 EH/s at the end of Q2. The Emirates' share of the global hashrate market was 3.544%, compared to 3.727% in Q2 2025.
Oman is the second-largest country in the Middle East, increasing its hashrate by 27 EH/s compared to 25 EH/s in the previous quarter. The country's hashrate market share was 2.99%, down from 3.106% in Q2.
Other countries leading in mining hashrate include Canada and Paraguay. Canada maintains a 2.935% market share with 26.5 EH/s of computing power, while Paraguay holds 3.876% of the global market with 2.5 EH/s of computing power.
Bitcoin mining heat map. Source: Hashrate Index.
Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Increases By 7.96%
Bitcoin mining difficulty has increased by about 7.96% over the past seven days, reaching 126.27 trillion. The difficulty change occurred at block number 905,184. This is the ninth difficulty increase this year. In comparison, the BTC network has seen five difficulty decreases over the same period.
Network difficulty has decreased by 0.11% over the last 30 days, but has increased by 3.92% over the last 90 days.
The next Bitcoin mining difficulty adjustment is expected on Saturday, July 26. Data indicates that the upcoming adjustment will reduce the mining difficulty from 126.27 trillion to 123.19 trillion.
The Bitcoin network difficulty is adjusted every 2016 blocks, which happens roughly every two weeks. This mechanism keeps the average block confirmation time around 10 minutes.
The recent rise to 126.27 trillion was due to an increase in the overall mining power on the network.
Bitcoin has fallen 0.9% from its all-time high of $122,838. At press time, the coin was trading at $121,760 with a daily trading volume of $59.2 billion. BTC has a market cap of $2.4 trillion and a market share of 62.4%.
Source: cryptonews.net
