Bitcoin’s Hash Rate Hits Record High in 2019 at 111 Quintillion Spelling Doom for Altcoins in 2020

Bitcoin’s hash rate has hit a record-breaking high after topping 111, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000 hashes per second despite its underperforming price performance.

The bitcoin hash rate is the processing power of the bitcoin network. The higher the hash rate, the more secure and robust the network is against an attacker.

Here are a few stats about the bitcoin hash rate:

• In 2019 alone, hash rate grew from 50% to 70%
• From December 2017 to December 2019, hash rate grew by 800%
• Bitcoin breaks 1 million daily active addresses in 2019 for the first time since late 2017
• 60% of the global mining hash rate is produced in China
• Sichuan Province, China, produces 50% of the global hash rate
• 31% of the global hash rate production is split between North America and Europe
• Bitcoin Liquid sidechain utility in speed and low cost transfers expected to put further pressure on altcoins in 2020

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The rising hash rate also means that bitcoin strength and dominance of the overall crypto market will continue to rise. 2019 has seen bitcoin dominance go from just 51% in January to about 69%  by December 2019. According to experts, 2020 is likely to see bitcoin dominance go even higher with speculation putting it at 85% dominance in 2020 along and at 98% by the end of the decade.

If the above predictions and hash rate continues to rise, then it could spell doom for many altcoins. Bitcoin strengthening its market position would echo gains it secured this year. Bitcoin hash rate growth in the last 2 years since December 2017 now stands at 800%.

No altcoin has this kind of hash rate growth. As a result, this growth is predicted to destroy the utility of competitors, specifically Ethereum, EOS, and Cardano.

In light of these developments, Ripple CEO, Brad Garlinghouse, has made a bold prediction:

“The world doesn’t need 2000+ digital assets. While I don’t think there will be one coin to rule them all, it’s clear that if an asset doesn’t have a proven use case beyond speculation, it is not going to survive.

I have said publicly before that I think 99% of all crypto probably goes to zero.

But there is that 1% that I think is focused on solving a real problem for real customers and is able to do that at scale.”

The increased hash rate and bitcoin liquid sidechain product, already getting support from big exchanges like BitMEX and Bitfinex, is expected to put a squeeze on altcoins, impacting their popularity, liqudity, and investor sentiments essentially wiping out a vast majority of altcoins.

 

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