Russia and China lead the surge in Bitcoin’s hashrate 

The United States holds the first spot in terms of Bitcoin’s raw computational power, with 323.4 exahashes per second (EH/s). On the other hand, Russia and China saw a hashrate increase of 19.05% and 13.13%, respectively.

The Bitcoin mining heat map from Hashrate Index showed that the US holds 35.81% of the total global BTC mining hashrate. In the second quarter of this year, the US had a BTC hashrate of 36.025%, resulting in a relative percentage change of 0.6%. The absolute percentage change stands at around 0.2%.

Currently, the United States has a total BTC computational power of 323.4 EH/s, increasing from 290 EH/s in the second quarter of 2025 by 11.52%.

The Bitcoin mining heat map shows the United States in the darkest orange shade since it has the highest market share globally.

Russia and China lead the surge in Bitcoin’s hashrate

Russia has a hashrate of 150 EH/s in Q3 compared to 126 EH/s in Q2, leading to an increase of 19.05% in raw computational power. The country saw a relative percentage change in its Bitcoin hashrate of 6.12%. It had a hashrate market share of 15.652% in Q2 compared to its current rate of 16.61%, making the absolute change equivalent to 0.96 percentage points.

China’s hashrate saw a surge of 13.13%, rising from 110.5 EH/s to 125 EH/s. The country’s hashrate market share saw a slight jump from 13.727% to 13.84%, equating to an absolute change of 0.113 percentage points and a relative change of 0.823%.

In the Middle East, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Oman are leading the mining hashrate power.

The UAE saw an increase of 32 EH/s in computational power from 30 EH/s at the end of Q2. The Emirates has a global hashrate market share of 3.544% compared to 3.727% in the second quarter of 2025.

Oman ranks second in the Middle East with an increased hashrate of 27 EH/s compared to 25 EH/s in the last quarter. The country’s hashrate market share of 2.99% declined from the Q2 number of 3.106%.

Other countries that lead in mining hashrate include Canada and Paraguay. Canada maintains a market share of 2.935% with a hashrate power of 26.5 EH/s, while Paraguay has a global share of 3.876% with 2.5 EH/s computational power.

Bitcoin mining heat map. Source: Hashrate Index.

Bitcoin mining difficulty surge by 7.96%

In the past seven days, Bitcoin’s mining difficulty increased by around 7.96% to 126.27 trillion. The difficulty adjustment took place at block number 905,184. That’s the ninth increase in difficulty so far this year. In contrast, the BTC network saw five difficulty decreases occurring during the same period.

The network’s difficulty decreased by 0.11% over the last 30 days; however, it surged by 3.92% over the past 90 days.

The next Bitcoin difficulty adjustment is estimated to occur on Saturday, July 26. Data indicates that the upcoming adjustment will lower the mining difficulty from 126.27 trillion to 123.19 trillion.

Bitcoin difficulty adjusts every 2,016 blocks, or approximately every two weeks. This mechanism keeps the average block confirmation time at about 10 minutes.

The recent jump to 126.27  trillion is a result of the rise in total mining power across the network.

Bitcoin has dipped by 0.9% from its all-time high of $122,838. At press time, the coin is exchanging hands at $121,760, with a 24-hour trading volume of $59.2 billion. BTC’s market cap stands at $2.4 trillion, with a market dominance of 62.4%.