Bitcoin’s Difficulty Adjustment Explained: How the Network Punishes Itself Every Two Weeks

Bitcoin difficulty over the past 12 months.Every 2,016 blocks, i.e. roughly every two weeks, Bitcoin automatically resets how hard it is to mine a block, a self-correcting rule that swung from an 11.16% cut on Feb. 7, 2026 to a 14.7% hike just 12 days later, the network’s sharpest whipsaw since 2021. The Rule Nobody Votes On Bitcoin has no manager […]