<p>These charts show the approximate network hash rate on the left axis:
  <a href="http://bitcoin.sipa.be/" rel="noreferrer">http://bitcoin.sipa.be/</a></p>

<p>We know the network adjusts for 25 new bitcoins per 10 minutes.</p>

<p>Together this provides enough info to give an approximate answer to your question:</p>

<pre><code>hashes per bitcoin 
= (network hash rate) / (25 BTC per 10 minutes)
= (180 * Th / s) / (25 * BTC / (600 * s) )
= 180 * 600 / 25 * Th / s / BTC * s
= 2,700 Th / BTC
= 2,700,000,000,000,000 h/BTC
</code></pre>

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2013-07-07T09:58:02.657Z
What does the 180 stand for?
powtac
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2013-07-07T10:03:36.550Z
That is read from the charts I linked to. It is the current network hash rate in terra-hash-per-second, as the charts show this number continually changes as miners come and go.
Anonymous
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2013-07-07T10:08:27.587Z
Thanks! I think I have to dig deeper into the function of BC to understand everything!
powtac
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2013-07-07T10:10:20.557Z
Enjoy the ride!
Anonymous
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2014-01-12T20:03:33.457Z
@powtac remember this result changes every 2160 blocks (roughly two weeks).
kaoD
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2014-01-12T21:05:20.050Z
The current network hash rate is no longer "180 * Th / s" it's now "14000 * Th / s"!
powtac
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2013-07-07T09:41:08.080Z
Anonymous
<p>A good and simple website to calculate how much bitcoin can be created with what machine can be found at: <a href="http://www.alcula.com/calculators/finance/bitcoin-mining/" rel="nofollow">http://www.alcula.com/calculators/finance/bitcoin-mining/</a></p>

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2013-11-08T18:42:09.207Z
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powtac
<p>Difficulty changes regularly, but there are calculators that take all current factors into account:</p>

<p><a href="https://www.cryptocompare.com/mining/calculator/btc?HashingPower=15&amp;HashingUnit=TH%2Fs&amp;PowerConsumption=0&amp;CostPerkWh=0" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.cryptocompare.com/mining/calculator/btc?HashingPower=15&amp;HashingUnit=TH%2Fs&amp;PowerConsumption=0&amp;CostPerkWh=0</a></p>

<p>As of today (17 Jan 2017): a theoretical 1,581 TH/s (equivalent of running a hundred Antminer S9's) will return 1 BTC in a day. </p>

<p>Tomorrow, it will be different. </p>

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schroeder
<p>Irrespective of the length of time required to calculate one hash, how many hash operations are required to produce one Bitcoin?</p>

<mining-theory><hash><mining-reward><hashpower><sha256>
How many hashes create one Bitcoin?
powtac
# How many hashes create one Bitcoin?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-07-06)

Irrespective of the length of time required to calculate one hash, how many hash operations are required to produce one Bitcoin?

**Tags:** mining-theory, hash, mining-reward, hashpower, sha256


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## 3 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2013-07-07. Score: 11

These charts show the approximate network hash rate on the left axis:
<http://bitcoin.sipa.be/>

We know the network adjusts for 25 new bitcoins per 10 minutes.

Together this provides enough info to give an approximate answer to your question:

```
hashes per bitcoin 
= (network hash rate) / (25 BTC per 10 minutes)
= (180 * Th / s) / (25 * BTC / (600 * s) )
= 180 * 600 / 25 * Th / s / BTC * s
= 2,700 Th / BTC
= 2,700,000,000,000,000 h/BTC

```

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: What does the 180 stand for?  
> **username_1**: That is read from the charts I linked to. It is the current network hash rate in terra-hash-per-second, as the charts show this number continually changes as miners come and go.  
> **username_0**: Thanks! I think I have to dig deeper into the function of BC to understand everything!  
> **username_1**: Enjoy the ride!  
> **username_2**: @username_0 remember this result changes every 2160 blocks (roughly two weeks).  
> **username_0**: The current network hash rate is no longer "180 * Th / s" it's now "14000 * Th / s"!  

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### Answer by username_0 on 2013-11-08. Score: 2

A good and simple website to calculate how much bitcoin can be created with what machine can be found at: <http://www.alcula.com/calculators/finance/bitcoin-mining/>


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### Answer by username_3 on 2017-01-17. Score: 1

Difficulty changes regularly, but there are calculators that take all current factors into account:

<https://www.cryptocompare.com/mining/calculator/btc?HashingPower=15&HashingUnit=TH%2Fs&PowerConsumption=0&CostPerkWh=0>

As of today (17 Jan 2017): a theoretical 1,581 TH/s (equivalent of running a hundred Antminer S9's) will return 1 BTC in a day.

Tomorrow, it will be different.


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