Bitcoin has already dispelled myths its hash rate suffered a 40% drop this week, reaching new all-time highs just days afterwards.
As data from monitoring resource Coin Dance confirms, after the hash rate metric dipped from 104 quintillion hashes per second to 57 on Sept. 23, it immediately reversed.
On Sept. 24, it doubled, reaching 114 quintillion h/s, just a touch away from the all-time highs of 121 quintillion h/s seen ten days previously.
As Cointelegraph reported, commentators initially appeared scared when hash rate dropped.
Long considered a measure of commitment to the Bitcoin mining process, what appeared to be a sudden exodus of computing power sparked alarm.
That feeling was compounded as BTC/USD itself shed 15% a day later - a common theory among commentators is that price action follows hash rate movements.
Technical sources subsequently explained that the hash rate charts available online in fact give little idea of computing power involved in Bitcoin.
Hash rate, they explained, is essentially unmeasurable, and the statistics are simply an estimate.
If the latest statistics are reliable Bitcoin's hash rate remains on its upward trajectory, around all-time highs.
This contrasts with its drop in price: at press time Friday, BTC/USD was down 21% versus seven days ago.
What Crash? Bitcoin Hash Rate Doubles in 24 Hours Despite Price Drop
Published on Sep 27, 2019
by Cointele | Published on Coinage
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