What Is ‘Hash Rate’ and How Does It Affect Mining Difficulty?

Hash rate is the total combined computational power being used to mine and process transactions on a Proof-of-Work blockchain. It is measured in hashes per second.

The mining difficulty is directly proportional to the hash rate. As the hash rate increases, the network automatically increases the difficulty to maintain the target block time.

Conversely, if the hash rate drops, the difficulty decreases.

How Does an Increase in Hash Rate Affect the Difficulty Adjustment?
What Is a “Hash Rate” and How Does It Affect the Difficulty Target?
What Is the Relationship between the Hash Rate and the Difficulty of Mining a Cryptocurrency?
How Does a “Hash Rate” Differ from “Network Difficulty”?
How Is the ‘Difficulty’ of a Cryptocurrency Network Adjusted over Time?
How Does the Difficulty Adjustment Mechanism Respond to Changes in Total Network Hash Rate?
How Does Mining Difficulty Adjust Based on the SHA-256 Hashing Rate?
How Does the Concept of ‘Difficulty’ Protect a PoW Network?

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