84% of BTC hashrate secured Bitcoin DeFi in Q1, but miners saw little fee upside
Bitcoin miners are already doing greater than securing Bitcoin’s base chain. According to Rootstock’s Q1 2026 merged-mining report, 84.01% of Bitcoin’s whole hashrate contributed to securing Rootstock throughout the quarter, giving Bitcoin DeFi a hashrate-backed safety declare. The community averaged 833.92 EH/s of Rootstock hashrate. The quantity is placing as a result of Rootstock sits beside…
