According to data from on-chain analytics provider Glassnode, the Ethereum hash rate hit an all time high of more than 250 terahashes per second (TH/s) on Oct. 6, marking an 80% rise since January. Glassnode reported that a surge in the hype surrounding DeFi projects this year sparking higher gas fees may have contributed to the metric reaching an all time high.
In addition, data from crypto mining pool F2Pool shows that it is currently up to three times as profitable to mine Ethereum (ETH) instead of Bitcoin (BTC). F2Pool, which calculates mining profitability by determining current revenue (block reward and transaction fees) and deducting the cost of power, reports that BTC Antminer S19 Pro miners can earn $4.33 in profits over 24 hours, while ETH miners using GTX TitanV 8 cards can expect $15.56 over the same period — making it 259% more profitable at present. Six of the mining rigs monitored by F2Pool show Ethereum miners show a daily profit of more than $10, while only two Bitcoin mining rigs have profits of more than $4.
Hash rate is a key metric when determining the health and security of a blockchain. It measures the computing power of the network. The last time the Ethereum hash rate was near these all time high levels was in August 2018, when the metric reached 246 TH/s. However, the price of the token steadily decreased from more than $400 to under $100 by December that year.
Data from Glassnode shows Ethereum miners made $166 million from transaction fees alone in September. In contrast, Bitcoin miners earned only $26 million from fees over the same period.
However, earnings from transaction fees have dropped significantly more recently. Cointelegraph reported that average gas fees have dwindled since peaking at $11.60 on Sept. 17th to $2.98 on Oct. 1, a decline of more than 74% in two weeks.
# | Crypto | Prediction | Accuracy | CVIX | Price | 24h | 7d | Market Cap | 7d price change | |
1 | BTC | Bitcoin predictions | 82.4% | 26 | $61 292.24 | -4.32% | -12.43% | $1 206 564 917 346 | ||
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2 | ETH | Ethereum predictions | 78.4% | 34 | $2 999.19 | -3.38% | -14.63% | $360 117 900 419 | ||
3 | USDT | Tether predictions | 92% | 1 | $0.999859 | -0.06% | -0.02% | $108 717 143 672 | ||
4 | BNB | Binance Coin predictions | 89.2% | 18 | $536.78 | -1.12% | -11.50% | $80 258 760 835 | ||
5 | SOL | Solana predictions | 78.4% | 41 | $135.11 | -1.71% | -21.72% | $60 355 987 465 | ||
6 | USDC | USD Coin predictions | 92% | 2 | $0.999875 | -0.02% | -0.02% | $32 512 251 853 | ||
7 | XRP | XRP predictions | 81.6% | 36 | $0.495590 | -0.23% | -19.61% | $27 316 850 911 | ||
8 | DOGE | Dogecoin predictions | 72.4% | 57 | $0.148549 | -5.60% | -25.78% | $21 380 062 673 | ||
9 | TON | Toncoin predictions | 73.2% | 51 | $6.15 | -0.85% | -8.47% | $21 346 888 535 | ||
10 | ADA | Cardano predictions | 76.8% | 45 | $0.448920 | -2.63% | -22.82% | $15 989 890 543 | ||
11 | SHIB | SHIBA INU predictions | 62.4% | 82 | $0.000022 | -2.70% | -20.72% | $13 056 286 082 | ||
12 | AVAX | Avalanche predictions | 68% | 65 | $34.13 | -2.52% | -27.97% | $12 899 169 697 | ||
13 | STETH | Lido stETH predictions | 91.6% | 1 | $2 941.39 | -0.40% | -3.32% | $10 258 752 564 | ||
14 | WTRX | Wrapped TRON predictions | 88.4% | 12 | $0.110175 | -0.97% | -7.25% | $9 653 480 964 | ||
15 | TRX | TRON predictions | 90.8% | 12 | $0.110102 | -1.42% | -7.18% | $9 647 092 238 |
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