Bitcoin (BTC), the world’s leading digital currency, recently experienced challenges with block production. Neil Hartner, a software engineer familiar with the ecosystem, highlighted the glitch in an X post. This significant delay has raised concerns about the frequency of glitches this year and its likely impact on the Bitcoin price.
Unusual delays and network stability concerns
Notably, Hartner emphasized that the glitch halted block production for 88 minutes. The delay is notable given that, on average, block mining occurs every 10 minutes. Thus, the delay prevented the mining of at least eight new blocks.
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The software engineer decried the frequency, noting that in 2025 alone, such glitches had occurred 21 times. This is for delays lasting for over 60 minutes or more.
According to experts, the frequency suggests that the network might be having difficulty, which might have been triggered by congestion. Other reasons could include miners switching off due to low profitability or changes in network conditions.
Some experts opine that the glitch in block production may be suggestive of the need for core developers to introduce updates on the Bitcoin blockchain.
Meanwhile, GREEK HODL (@ghost_prick), a user on X, disagreed with Hartner’s submission on the anomaly with block production. According to him, Bitcoin never "goes down" like other blockchains. He maintained that blocks are mined based on the probability of hash rate.
Earlier today, the Bitcoin network failed to mine a new block for 88 minutes (block 882332). This was the 21st time in 2025 that it took 60 minutes or longer for the Bitcoin network to mine a new block. pic.twitter.com/yITgyo38kF
— Neil Hartner (@illneil) February 5, 2025Bitcoin mining and market sentiment
Despite the differing opinions, experts agree that occasional long block times could occur even with Bitcoin. However, the repeated occurrences raise concerns about network stability.
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In any case, Bitcoin mining has progressively increased in difficulty. The metric measures how difficult it is to produce a new coin. Generally, mining difficulty adjustments occur every two weeks, and adding delays in block production could further impact the ecosystem.
As of this writing, Bitcoin block production has continued unhindered, per on-chain trends.
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