Bitcoin Hashrate Climbs Over 28% From Recent Low

Multiple high-credibility industry sources indicate that Bitcoin's network hashrate dropped sharply during early-February curtailments (linked to U.S. winter storms) and then rebounded to roughly 1 zettahash per second (1 ZH ≈ 1,000 EH/s). Coverage from CoinDesk reports a hashrate recovery to ~1 ZH alongside a 15% difficulty jump—the largest since 2021. The Block similarly describes a record absolute difficulty increase and a hashrate rebound after the storm. Yahoo Finance, citing CryptoQuant, characterizes the move as a V-shaped recovery with the same ~15% difficulty rise, implying a strong hashrate resurgence. Hashrate Index’s weekly roundup provides primary-style tables and charts confirming current network performance near 1 ZH and shows the recent trough in the ~780–800 EH/s range. Using those figures, a rebound from ~780 EH/s to ~1,000 EH/s represents about a 28%–29% increase (1,000/780 ≈ 1.282). Hashrate Index’s longer-form analysis around the halving timeframe also charts these trends, corroborating the event-driven dip and recovery. While exact trough values can vary slightly depending on the measurement window and estimator, the sources are consistent in showing a recent low followed by a recovery to ~1 ZH, making a >28% increase from the most recent low very plausible. No credible source contradicts this magnitude; one lower-credibility social post even claims a much larger increase, which does not undermine the "more than 28%" threshold. Therefore, the statement is likely true.