Amongst a coup attempt which fell flat on its face, the Bitcoin mining difficulty continues to strive forward by way of reaching a new all time high of 54,256,630,328, an increase of 2.95% over the August 8th adjustment. Today's change also marks the fourth consecutive increase in the mining difficulty – a first for 2015.

A total of 3 BIP 101 blocks have been mined to date, representing an inconsequential 0.3% of the last 1000 blocks mined.