Bitcoin’s difficulty hit a new all-time high on 18 March. Out of the total fees collected by BTC miners, Ordinals trading accounted for 22%. According to data from Bitcoin explorer Mempool, the difficulty on the Bitcoin [BTC] network reached a fresh all-time high at 43.55 T, representing an increase of 23% on a year-to-date (YTD)
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