Bitcoin’s Dice Roll Just Got Tougher: Difficulty Climbs 5.97% in Third-Biggest Jump of 2025

By the numbers, Bitcoin’s network difficulty climbed 5.97% at block height 917,280, landing it the title of this year’s third-biggest jump. Bitcoin Mining Odds Tighten Finding a block just got a whole lot tougher—network difficulty jumped 5.97%, landing at 150.84 trillion. Think of Bitcoin’s network difficulty like the odds of winning a colossal dice-toss lottery