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Bitcoin network reaches 1 Exahash/s

13 points by oafitupa ↗ HN
1 Exa = 1x10^18

Screenshot: https://i.imgur.com/FVrnXJW.jpg

Source: https://blockchain.info/charts/hash-rate?timespan=2year&showDataPoints=false&daysAverageString=1&show_header=true&scale=0&address=

5 comments

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logn
And still just ~5 transactions per second.
imrehg
Since the two things are not really connected (as far as I understand)...
Avalaxy
Correct. The amount of hashing power is correlated with how difficult it is to manipulate the network, but not with the rate at which coins are mined or transactions are processed.

I expect this to drop off after the reward halving. It's a constant zero sum game, but I don't expect the halving to propel the price so much that the hashing power is maintainable.