美國的冷浪導致比特幣開採難度下降

根據礦業公司盧克索（Luxor）的數據，自2024年9月以來，美國的寒冷浪潮引起了比特幣採礦難度的首次負面調整。

A recent cold wave in the United States has led to the first negative adjustment in bitcoin mining difficulty since September 2024, according to data from Luxor. The adjustment, which occurred on Monday, follows a surge in electricity demand and energy prices in the country.

根據盧克索（Luxor）的數據，美國最近的一次冷浪浪潮導致比特幣採礦難度的首次負面調整。調整週一發生的調整是在該國電力需求和能源價格上漲之後。

The cold snap, caused by a powerful blast of air from the Arctic, has led many bitcoin miners to slow down their operations in order to conserve energy and reduce costs. This, in turn, has resulted in a decrease in the overall computing power, or hash rate, dedicated to mining new bitcoin blocks.

由北極強大的空氣爆炸引起的冷扣，導致許多比特幣礦工減慢其運營，以節省能源並降低成本。反過來，這導致了整體計算能力或哈希速率的降低，該計算能力專用於開採新的比特幣塊。

As a response to the declining hash rate, the mining difficulty, which serves as an indicator of the computational effort required to mine a bitcoin block, has been adjusted downwards. The difficulty is designed to fluctuate every two weeks to maintain an average block validation time of around ten minutes, irrespective of the network’s processing power.

作為對哈希速率下降的響應，已經對挖掘比特幣塊所需的計算工作的挖掘難度已進行了調整。該困難旨在每兩週波動，以保持平均塊驗證時間約為十分鐘，而與網絡的處理能力無關。

While the negative adjustment is a noteworthy event, analysts at Luxor anticipate that the situation will be short-lived. As weather conditions improve and electricity demand stabilizes, the hash rate is expected to recover gradually.

儘管負面調整是一個值得注意的事件，但盧克索的分析師預計情況將是短暫的。隨著天氣狀況的改善和電力需求的穩定，哈希速率有望逐漸恢復。

However, the episode underscores the vulnerability of the mining sector to fluctuations in energy prices and extreme weather events, both of which can influence future adjustments to bitcoin difficulty.

但是，這一事件突顯了採礦部門對能源價格和極端天氣事件波動的脆弱性，這兩者都會影響對比特幣難度的未來調整。