The time and effort required to find a good hash for each block on the blockchain in Bitcoin increased by 2.23% yesterday at block height 784,224. The overall Bitcoin network's average hash rate, or calculation power, has reached a record high of 342.16 EH/s. Bitcoin's network difficulty and hash rate have increased but miner income has also climbed. Bitcoin miners made slightly under $732 million in March, totalling $755 million after transaction fees.