Luxor Hashrate Lookback Series — October 2026
Luxor's Monthly Lookback Series is a deep dive into Bitcoin hashrate market activity. In this post, we cover October 2026's hashrate market and hashprice trends, forward market participation, trading activity and contract performance.
Bitcoin Network Hashrate Is Back Above 1 ZH/s
Twelve months after the October 2025 peak, difficulty is back above the zettahash line. Here is a look back on what took it down and what the forward market thinks happens next.
Luxor Hashrate Lookback Series — September 2026
September 2026’s hashrate and hashprice trends, forward market participation, trading activity and contract performance.
Luxor Hashrate Lookback Series — August 2026
August 2026’s hashrate and hashprice trends, forward market participation, trading activity and contract performance.
Luxor Hashrate Lookback Series — July 2026
July 2026’s hashrate and hashprice trends, forward market participation, trading activity and contract performance.
Comparing Mining Pool Payouts: Two Pitfalls to Avoid During a Bake-Off
Split your hashrate across prospective pools for a week, and the highest payout usually belongs to the one with the most variance. FPPS pools may even overpay to win.
Bitcoin Difficulty Is Down Year Over Year for the Second Time Ever
For only the second time in Bitcoin’s history, network difficulty, and with it, hashrate, is down year-over-year. This almost never happens. Two structural forces keep difficulty grinding higher over any twelve-month window. The first is Moore’s Law: each new generation of mining rigs is more
Luxor Hashrate Lookback Series — June 2026
June 2026’s hashrate and hashprice trends, forward market participation, trading activity and contract performance.
