As these next generation of bitcoin miners come online, it is expected that the difficulty will continue to counteract the additional hash rate in the network. The knock - on effect of Bitcoin ’s price increase , to over $ 1 in the last month , is that more people are making a profit from mining . As a consequence , the network difficulty has increased by 10.44 % . Bitcoin creator , Akira Nakamoto , built in a new difficulty update every two years , or every 2016 blocks . In addition , three of the top players are currently releasing next - generation chips , hence the trend of double - digit rises in difficulty look set to continue .
The knock - on effect of Bitcoin ’s price increase , to over $ 1 in the last month , is that more people are making a profit from mining . As a consequence , the network difficulty has increased by 10.44 % . Bitcoin creator , Akira Nakamoto , built in a new difficulty update every two years , or every 2016 blocks . In addition , three of the top players are currently releasing next - generation chips , hence the trend of double - digit rises in difficulty look set to continue .