Bitcoin hashrate falls to a four-month low, with AI competing for electricity resources becoming a key factor.

PANews reported on January 19th that, according to Cointelegraph, the Bitcoin network hashrate recently fell below 1 ZH/s (1,000 EH/s), the lowest since September 2025. Analysts point out that miners, facing profit pressures, are shifting their electricity resources to AI and high-performance computing. Although mining difficulty has decreased four times since last November, and the price per hashrate has recently risen to $40 per PH/s/day, the overall hashrate has still declined by nearly 15% from its peak in October last year. The founder of Standard Hash stated that AI has become a real competitor to electricity, exacerbating the survival pressure on mining companies.