Will Artificial Intelligence Push Bitcoin Mining Out of the Market?

Making the Bitcoin mining business model as a profitable venture harder to justify in the largest and most expensive locations. The network's hash rate, a measure of the total computing power securing Bitcoin, recorded a surge above 1.1 ZH/s in October 2025, but has since dropped several times toward 900 EH/s. Mining difficulty also fell by 11.16% in February 2026.