Zcash (ZEC) Network Difficulty

ZEC difficulty now

as of Oct 24, 2026, 17:32 UTC

Zcash (ZEC)

Equihash · difficulty changes with every block

hashrate 30.64 GSol/s 75 s per block reward 1.25 ZEC halving ≈ November 2028

Network difficulty, 24-hour average

280.48 M

−5.77% in 24 hours

7 days: +1.2%from 269.89 M
30 days: +2.3%from 266.94 M
6 months: +132.8%from 117.33 M
1-year high: 290.82 MOct 19, 2026

ZEC difficulty chart

Since Oct 28, 2016, average difficulty grew 88,571 times: from 3.08 K to 273.19 M. Peak: 290.82 M (Oct 19, 2026), low: 3.08 K (Oct 28, 2016).

Difficulty and shutdown price

The ZEC shutdown price rises with difficulty, by the same percentage.

Device 840 kSol/s · 2,780 W · 3.31 J/kSol

Electricity, $/kWh

Pool fee

A month ago, September 24: $160.82
A week ago, October 17: $162.60
Now: $168.98

At that day's average difficulty.

Calculate revenue in the ZEC calculator

Daily ZEC difficulty

Date	Difficulty	Change
Oct 24, 2026	273.19 M	−5.77%
Oct 23, 2026	289.92 M	+2.94%
Oct 22, 2026	281.64 M	−1.46%
Oct 21, 2026	285.82 M	+3.30%
Oct 20, 2026	276.68 M	−4.86%
Oct 19, 2026	290.82 M	+2.67%
Oct 18, 2026	283.25 M	+4.95%
Oct 17, 2026	269.89 M	−6.15%
Oct 16, 2026	287.56 M	+7.80%
Oct 15, 2026	266.76 M	−1.53%

Daily average network difficulty (UTC) and change from the previous day. The full history is on the chart.

ZEC difficulty FAQ

How often does ZEC difficulty change?

With every block, roughly every 75 seconds: the network adjusts difficulty so that blocks are found every 75 seconds on average. It can move by tens of percent within a day, so the chart shows the daily average difficulty.

Why did difficulty halve in December 2019?

That was the Blossom network upgrade: blocks started coming twice as often — every 75 seconds instead of 150 — and the difficulty of one block halved. The block reward was halved at the same time, so miner revenue didn't change.

How is ZEC difficulty related to hashrate?

Difficulty multiplied by 8192 is roughly the number of Equihash solutions needed per block. Divide that by the block time and you get the network hashrate: at the current difficulty of 280.48 M and a block every 75 seconds, about 30.64 GSol/s.

How does difficulty affect ZEC miner revenue?

Output is inversely proportional to difficulty: if difficulty rises 10%, the same ASIC mines about 10% less ZEC. See your device's revenue in the ZEC mining calculator.

What is the ZEC block reward?

Miners get 1.25 ZEC, 80% of the block reward; the rest goes to the Zcash development fund. The reward halves every 1,680,000 blocks, roughly every 4 years: the next halving is at block 4,406,400, roughly in November 2028, after which miners will get 0.625 ZEC.

How often is the data updated?

Our server collects the daily average difficulty every 5 minutes and cross-checks several sources; the page updates every hour. The chart shows the daily average difficulty across all network blocks since its launch in 2016.