❄️ Frosts in the USA have impacted bitcoin mining

Extreme cold has forced mining farms to urgently reduce energy consumption — priority is given to power grids and residential areas.

⚙️ What is happening with the BTC network?

🔋 The hash rate of the FoundryUSA pool has collapsed by almost 200 EH/s

📉 This is about −60% since Friday (January 23)

⏳ Due to the drop in capacity, the block time has stretched to ~12 minutes instead of the usual 10

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▪️ miners are shutting down en masse → the network is temporarily slowing down

▪️ fees may rise

▪️ difficulty has not yet had time to adapt

▪️ stress test for the entire BTC infrastructure

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While the price is under pressure and the market is in fear 😱

even the fundamentals feel the strain — nature reminds us,

that bitcoin is still tied to the real world and energy ⚡️

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📌 Such events are usually short-term,

but they clearly show where the vulnerabilities of the system lie

and why the decentralization of mining is not just a pretty word 😉