Bitcoin blocks just got 4.63% tougher to mine after the latest difficulty bump. As of 2:35 p.m. Eastern time Friday, the network’s hashrate clocks in at 1,016.17 exahash per second (EH/s), cruising beyond the 1 zettahash (ZH/s) mark. At block height 915,264, the hashrate briefly touched 1.13 ZH/s, with the average block time settling at roughly 9 minutes and 1 second.

Network stats source: hashrateindex.com

Blocks are still popping up quickly, but that tempo could ease under the new difficulty setting—especially with miners already battling slimmer margins this September. Right now, hashprice—the going estimate for a single petahash per second (PH/s)—sits 7.91% below last month’s level. On Aug. 19, it was $55.78 per PH/s, while today it’s down to $51.37.

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