AUTO REPORT 2026-05-18 ·auto-reportbitcoincentralization

Bitcoin mining week of 2026-05-18: Network hashrate drops 4.6%

Network hashrate drops 4.6%. Top entity Foundry USA at 28.9%, hashprice $0.0356/TH/day.

Network hashrate drops 4.6%

For the week ending 2026-05-18, network hashrate drops 4.6%. The Nakamoto coefficient sits at 3 entities, with the top 3 controlling 54.6% of network hashrate.

By the numbers

Metric Now 7d ago Δ
Network hashrate (EH/s) 962 1,008 -4.6%
Hashprice (USD/TH/day) 0.0356 0.0386 -7.8%
Mining health (0-100) 57 57 +0

Top 5 entities

Rank Entity Share 7d Δ
1 Foundry USA 28.9% +0.0%
2 AntPool 15.4% +0.0%
3 F2Pool 10.2% +0.0%
4 SpiderPool 9.7% +0.0%
5 ViaBTC 8.1% +0.0%

Movers

Gainers

  • No notable gainers (>+0.5%) this week.

Losers

  • No notable losers (>-0.5%) this week.

Centralization

  • Nakamoto coefficient: 3 — unchanged vs last week
  • Top 3 share: 54.6%

Hashprice context

Current hashprice is $0.0356/TH/day, -7.8% on the week. Hashprice tracks the dollar revenue per terahash per day after pool fees and reflects the joint state of difficulty, BTC price, and transaction fees.

Sources & methodology

Pool data is normalised across mempool.space and miningpoolstats so each operator counts once. Concentration metrics are computed over operational entities, not raw pool names. Auto-generated; corrections welcome.

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