12 February, 2025
Bitcoin Hash Rate Breaks Record with 852 EH/s — Zettahash Era Approaches
Bitcoin’s computational backbone breaks records again, reaching 852 exahash per second (EH/s) in February 2025, heralding the arrival of the zettahash era and an upcoming 14.8% increase.
Bitcoin Hash Rate Breaks Records with 852 EH/s Frenzy – Zettahash Era Approaches
Hash Rate Advances at Breakneck Speed: Bitcoin Reverses Slow Traffic and Rushes into Unknown Territory
On February 8, 2025, Bitcoin’s processing speed surpassed its previous peak of 840 EH/s set just days earlier, soaring to 852 EH/s. Block intervals approach nine minutes and twenty-four seconds, and the protocol prepares for a computational recalibration tomorrow, with 67 blocks to go.
Bitcoin Hash Rate Breaks Records with 852 EH/s Frenzy – Zettahash Era Approaches
Source: hashrateindex.com
The forecast estimates that mining difficulty will rise by 6.38%, but the final number may vary. Even so, the blockchain is still 85.2% away from the zettahash threshold - a staggering 1 sextillion operations per second - even as transaction laziness looms over the ecosystem.
Bitcoin Hash Rate Breaks Record, Reaches 852 EH/s Frenzy - Zettahash Era Approaches
On February 8, 2025, at 4:25 pm, there are only three blocks queued on the Bitcoin blockchain. Source: mempool.space.
As of February 8, 2025, at 4:25 pm, there are only three blocks waiting to be validated, while there are 5,398 transactions pending. High priority on-chain fees hover at 2 sat/vB ($0.27 per transfer), and Foundry dominates mining with a contribution of 258.69 EH/s, accounting for 30.37% of total output.
Nineteen mining pools contribute 97.7% of the network's computing power among 70 identifiable participants. As the transaction stagnation continues, blocks occasionally get stuck in the process of being formed, in stark contrast to last year’s jam of more than 600,000 unconfirmed transactions.
Bitcoin first broke the 1 EH/s threshold in early 2016, and now it has climbed to the top of 1,000 EH/s nine years later. In addition to its market dominance, the protocol’s unparalleled computing power surpasses all proof-of-work rivals. The next frontier? A yottahash era, 1 septillion operations per second, turning crypto ambition into a realistic possibility.
