According to Jinse Finance, Bitcoin network difficulty increased by 1.42% last Friday at block height 909,216, making it more challenging to obtain block rewards. This adjustment pushed the difficulty to 129.44 trillion, setting a new all-time high for the network. Meanwhile, in 2025 so far, the difficulty has been adjusted 16 times. Since January 12, the difficulty has seen a slight increase of 0.61%. Of these adjustments, there were 11 increases, totaling a rise of 34.27%, and 5 decreases, totaling a drop of 16.54%. This means that Bitcoin mining difficulty has risen by 17.73% so far this year. The latest increase has also led to a slight decline in hash rate.