{"id":"tp-40525","type":"article-newspaper","title":"Bitcoin (BTC) Difficulty Increase Projected at 4.8% Ahead of Next Adjustment","author":"Simon Yoon","publisher":"TOKENPOST Inc.","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/40525","datePublished":"2026-10-25T12:27:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-10-25T12:27:27.000Z","language":"en","abstract":"The Oct. 25 snapshot showed 693 blocks left in the cycle and an estimated one-week average hashrate of 1.08 zettahashes per second.","section":"Technology","references":[{"title":"The Oct. 17 estimate","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/33975"},{"title":"the earlier projection for the Oct. 29 retarget","url":"https://www.tokenpost.com/news/technology/37419"}]}