How Bitcoin Survived Its Biggest Miner Walkout
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Bitcoin miners sold a record 32,000 BTC in Q1 2026 while securing about $70 billion in contracts to power AI, marking the largest miner exodus and creating significant sell pressure on the market. The shift caused Bitcoin’s first hash rate drop in six years but the network adjusted difficulty and recovered to a new high without missing a block, showing crypto infrastructure resilience despite short-term market risk.
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Bitcoin miners sold a record 32,000 BTC in the first quarter of 2026 and signed about $70 billion in contracts to help power AI instead, marking the largest desertion by the group in the network’s history.
The exodus triggered Bitcoin’s first hash rate drop in six years, but it absorbed the shock and adjusted its difficulty, with the hash rate even recovering to a new high without missing a single block.
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