Global Network Shifts After Major Mining Exits

Significant mining exits trigger a redistribution of hashrate, impacting network security and prompting new regions to emerge as mining hubs.

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1. Top 3 Countries Benefiting from Hashrate Relocation: After China's mining ban, the United States absorbed the largest share of displaced miners, while Paraguay and Ethiopia have also emerged as significant new mining hubs.
2. Significant Historical Hashrate Migration Events: The 2021 China ban on Bitcoin mining caused the largest forced redistribution of mining power in history, leading to approximately 50% of the global hashrate going offline within weeks.
3. Key Metrics Indicating Bitcoin Network Health: Network hashrate, which estimates total computing power, and mining difficulty, which adjusts every 2,016 blocks to maintain a 10-minute block interval, are key metrics for assessing Bitcoin network health.

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