Hashrate, difficulty, halving · Oct 12, 2026, 18:24 UTC

Bitcoin network stats

Hashrate, difficulty and the next adjustment, mempool size and the countdown to the next halving, from mempool.space.

In brief

Block height 971,124; the network hashrate (3-day average) is 996 EH/s at a difficulty of 132.72 trillion.
The next difficulty adjustment is estimated at +4.86% in 588 blocks (around Oct 16, 2026); the last one was -0.03%.
Next halving at block 1,050,000: 78,876 blocks away, roughly April 12, 2028 at ten minutes per block, when the subsidy drops from 3.125 to 1.5625 BTC.
Mempool: 92,798 unconfirmed transactions (42.0 MvB) carrying 0.11 BTC in fees; blocks are averaging 9.5 minutes.

Figures as of Oct 12, 2026, 18:24 UTC. Source: Coinucation data.

Hashrate (3d)

996 EH/s

Difficulty

132.72T

next +4.86%

Blocks to retarget

588

Oct 16, 2026

Blocks to halving

78,876

~April 12, 2028

Mempool

92,798 tx

42.0 MvB

Block height

971,124

9.5 min avg

What these numbers mean

Hashrate is the total computing power securing the chain, estimated from how fast blocks are found against the current difficulty. Difficulty adjusts every 2,016 blocks (about two weeks) so that blocks keep arriving every ten minutes on average: if blocks came faster than that during the period, difficulty rises by the same proportion. The mempool is the queue of transactions waiting for a block; when it swells, fees rise, which the fee tracker shows in sat/vB.

The halving cuts the block subsidy in half every 210,000 blocks. The countdown above assumes ten-minute blocks; the real date moves with hashrate. Use the mining profitability calculator with the current hashrate to see what a given machine earns.

Frequently asked questions

When is the next Bitcoin halving?

At block 1,050,000, about 78,876 blocks from the current height of 971,124. At ten minutes per block that is around April 12, 2028. The subsidy falls from 3.125 BTC to 1.5625 BTC.

What is the current Bitcoin hashrate?

996 EH/s on a three-day average as of Oct 12, 2026, 18:24 UTC, per mempool.space.

When is the next difficulty adjustment?

In 588 blocks, estimated Oct 16, 2026, with a projected change of +4.86%.

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