After a nearly two-month-long drop streak, Bitcoin (BTC) mining just got a bit more difficult. Bitcoin mining difficulty, or the measure of how hard it is to compete for mining rewards, went up 1.74% today, going from 27.69 T to 28.17 T. The rise follows three consecutive drops, a streak that began in the second half of June, the last of which turned out to be the largest drop in a year. ...Read More: Bitcoin Mining Difficulty Cuts the Drop Streak