Hashrate Index Roundup (March 2, 2026)

Your weekly mining metrics.

Kaan Farahani
Kaan Farahani

Hello world, happy Monday!

TLDR

A green bag for this week's update: Bitcoin up, hashrate up, difficulty unchanged, fees up; hashprice is up.

Over the past week, miners collected a total of ~3,169 BTC in block rewards, equivalent to ~$210 million. Transaction fees constituted 0.62% of block rewards totalling 19 BTC, equivalent to ~$1.3 million.

Despite a 1.05% drop in USD hashprice, network conditions improved this week. Hashrate rose 4.73% to a 7-day average of 930 EH/s, and miner rewards jumped 6.51% to 3,251 BTC amid rising fee income. Network difficulty eased slightly (−0.45%), while hardware pricing held steady with the S21XP at $25.70/TH.
Hashrate Index Weekly Mining Roundup | March 2, 2026

Bitcoin

Bitcoin trended up throughout the past week, increasing by 6.2% from ~$64,845 to a current price of ~$68,874. Year-to-date (YTD) performance stands at -21.2%.

Table displaying Bitcoin price data in USD. Spot price is $103,393. CME futures show a contango: June at $103,895, July at $104,530, and August at $105,130.
Bitcoin Price and CME Futures | March 2, 2026

Hashprice

USD hashprice moved +7.3% from $28.13 per PH/s/Day to a current $30.18 per PH/s/Day.

7-day line chart of Bitcoin hashprice in USD per PH/s/day from June 16 to June 23, 2025. The hashprice starts near $55, declines steadily to a low near $51.
Bitcoin Hashprice Index (USD) | 1-week view (February 23, 2026 - March 2, 2026)
able showing Bitcoin hashprice in USD per PH/s/day. Current spot hashprice is $51.76. The 24-hour previous value was $49.95, 7-day previous spot was $54.65, 7-day average is $52.26, and the 30-day average is $53.61.
USD Hashprice (USD per PH/s/day) | 1-month view (February 2, 2025 - March 2, 2026)

BTC hashprice moved +0.2% from 0.00043769 BTC per PH/s/Day to 0.00043840BTC per PH/s/Day.

7-day line chart of Bitcoin hashprice in USD per PH/s/day from June 16 to June 23, 2025. The hashprice starts near $55, declines steadily to a low near $51.
Bitcoin Hashprice Index (BTC) | 1-week view (February 23, 2026 - March 2, 2026)
Table showing Bitcoin hashprice metrics in BTC/PH/s/day. The current spot hashprice is 0.000502 BTC. Compared to past values, the 24-hour change is +0.08%, 7-day spot change is +0.03%, and 7-day average hashprice is 0.000503 BTC. The 30-day average is higher at 0.000506 BTC, a decline versus current spot.
BTC Hashprice (BTC per PH/s/day) | 1-month view (February 2, 2025 - March 2, 2026)

Based on fleetwide efficiency, bitcoin mining operations are currently earning the following SHA-256 compute revenues per watt-hour:

  • Under 19 J/TH fleets — $71 per MWh
  • 19-25 J/TH — $55 per MWh
  • 25-38 J/TH — $38 per MWh

Hashrate & Difficulty

Network hashrate rose by 4.4%, with the 7-day simple moving average (SMA) moving from 1,023 EH/s to 1,068 EH/s. The 30-day SMA currently stands at 1,035 EH/s.

7-day line chart of Bitcoin network hashrate from June 116 to June 23, 2025, showing a fall from ~929 EH/s to 844 EH/s. Data reflects 7-day simple moving average (SMA), visualized in yellow.
Bitcoin Network Hashrate (7-day SMA) | 1-week view (February 23, 2026 - March 2, 2026)

The latest difficulty adjustment took place on February 19, changing network difficulty by +14.73% to 144.40T.

Block times have averaged around 9 minutes 53 seconds over the past 24 hours.

Table displaying Bitcoin network difficulty metrics. Current difficulty is 126.41T. The network is 65% through the current epoch with 1302 of 2,016 blocks mined. Average block time is 10 minutes 49 seconds. The next difficulty adjustment is estimated for June 29, 2025, with a projected decrease of -7.62%.
Bitcoin Network Metrics | March 2, 2026

We currently estimate +1.05% for the upcoming adjustment, expected to occur on March 5.


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Transaction Fees

Over the past week, miners collected an average of 0.0192 BTC (+22%) per block per day in transaction fees, compared to the prior week's 0.0157 BTC.

Line chart showing average Bitcoin transaction fees per block per day from May 30 to June 30, 2025, with a steady decline and range between ~0.01 to 0.10 BTC. Fee levels remained low and stable throughout the month.
Average Bitcoin Transaction Fees per Block | 1-month view (February 2, 2025 - March 2, 2026)
Table comparing Bitcoin transaction fee averages over 7, 14, and 30 days. The 7-day average is 0.0386 BTC, the 14-day average is 0.0344 BTC (up 12.27%), and the 30-day average is 0.0337 BTC (up 14.54%).
Bitcoin Transaction Fee Averages | 1-month view (February 2, 2025 - March 2, 2026)

Looking Forward

For this week's Hashrate Forward Market update, the forward market is pricing in an average hashprice of $28.25 or 0.00044 BTC over the next six months.

Luxor Hashrate Forward Curve chart comparing USD- and BTC-denominated forward prices per PH/s/day from July to December 2025. USD-denominated prices decline from $58 to $52, while BTC-denominated prices fall from 0.00054 to 0.00047 BTC, showing an 8–12% drop over the period.
Luxor Hashrate Forward Curve (March 2026 – August 2026) | March 2, 2026

Bitcoin Mining Stocks

Bitcoin mining stock trends were mixed throughout the past week, reflecting a +5.3% change in our Bitcoin Mining Stock Index.

5-day changes to Bitcoin mining stocks as of last week's market close:

  • BTDR: $7.70 (-0.5%) | Mkt Cap: $1.8B
  • BITF: $2.20 (+11.7%) | Mkt Cap: $1.3B
  • CIFR: $15.60 (+9.6%) | Mkt Cap: $6.2B
  • CLSK: $9.95 (+5.9%) | Mkt Cap: $2.6B
  • CORZ: $16.97 (-0.2%) | Mkt Cap: $5.1B
  • HIVE: $2.14 (+2.4%) | Mkt Cap: $0.5B
  • HUT: $53.23 (+1.4%) | Mkt Cap: $5.7B
  • IREN: $40.95 (+4.5%) | Mkt Cap: $13.6B
  • MARA: $8.94 (+15.4%) | Mkt Cap: $3.6B
  • RIOT: $16.29 (+7.4%) | Mkt Cap: $6.0B
  • WULF: $16.22 (+12.3%) | Mkt Cap: $6.7B
  • FUFU: $2.37 (+3.5%) | Mkt Cap: $0.4B
  • CAN: $0.49 (+6.5%) | Mkt Cap: $0.3B
  • GREE: $1.22 (-3.2%) | Mkt Cap: $0.02B
  • SLNH: $0.87 (-1.1%) | Mkt Cap: $0.1B

Have a great week, and Happy Hashing!


Footnotes

  1. As of March 2, 2026 UTC 20:00. Values are subject to change.
  2. Luxor estimates the adjustment date using average block times and blocks remaining in the epoch. Values are subject to change.
  3. Luxor estimates the difficulty adjustment using average block times. Values are subject to change.
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