{"id":48038,"date":"2025-08-05T06:47:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T06:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crypto-globe.com\/?p=48038"},"modified":"2025-08-05T06:52:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T06:52:59","slug":"bitcoin-surpasses-gold-in-rarity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crypto-globe.com\/en\/bitcoin-surpasses-gold-in-rarity\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin surpasses gold in rarity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Algorithmic adjustment of mining difficulty. This mechanism ensures that new bitcoins are issued at a steady pace and that mining corresponds to the capacity of the network. This prevents Bitcoin from excessive production, which could lead to a sudden drop in price, while maintaining long-term stability in its supply.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Historical maximum mining difficulty<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Analysis shows that the mining difficulty of Bitcoin<\/a> reached a record high of 127.6 trillion this week. This increase reflects the higher computing power involved in securing the network, which is direct evidence of growing interest and investment in mining. However, a slight decline is expected with the next difficulty adjustment on August 9, which will reflect the current perf<\/strong>ormance of miners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to data from CryptoQuant<\/a>, difficulty fell to 116.9 trillion in June, but the trend reversed in the second half of July and difficulty returned to its long-term growth trajectory. This development shows that the Bitcoin network remains extremely strong and resilient to short-term performance fluctuations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stock-to-flow: Resilience to price changes<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The stock-to-flow model compares the total supply of an asset with the amount of new supply brought in by miners. A higher ratio means that the asset is less sensitive to price fluctuations caused by excessive production. Silver has a lower ratio than gold, which means that its price growth quickly attracts new miners and producers who flood the market<\/a> and drive down the price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bitcoin has an even higher stock-to-flow ratio than gold<\/a> \u2013 approximately 94% of the maximum supply of 21 million coins is already in circulation. Fixed limit and a difficulty adjustment mechanism, mining adapts to available computing power to remain stable. This protects the market from sudden price drops and ensures that the production of new bitcoins never exceeds the pace set by the protocol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Algorithmic adjustment of mining difficulty. This mechanism ensures that new bitcoins are issued at a steady pace and that mining corresponds to the capacity of the network. This prevents Bitcoin from excessive production, which could lead to a sudden drop in price, while maintaining long-term stability in its supply. Historical maximum mining difficulty Analysis shows […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48031,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"yasr_overall_rating":0,"yasr_post_is_review":"","yasr_auto_insert_disabled":"","yasr_review_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[162],"tags":[99,93,265],"class_list":["post-48038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-crypto","tag-bitcoin-en","tag-cryptocurrencies","tag-gold"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t