diff --git a/domain/consensus/factory.go b/domain/consensus/factory.go
index 06d1825dc..25f30cbd7 100644
--- a/domain/consensus/factory.go
+++ b/domain/consensus/factory.go
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ func (f *factory) NewConsensus(config *Config, db infrastructuredatabase.Databas
 		config.CoinbasePayloadScriptPublicKeyMaxLength,
 		config.GenesisHash,
 		config.FixedSubsidySwitchPruningPointInterval,
-		config.FixedSubsidySwitchHashRateDifference,
+		config.FixedSubsidySwitchHashRateThreshold,
 		dagTraversalManager,
 		ghostdagDataStore,
 		acceptanceDataStore,
diff --git a/domain/consensus/processes/coinbasemanager/block_reward_switch.go b/domain/consensus/processes/coinbasemanager/block_reward_switch.go
index d48dae9f7..6249f65b5 100644
--- a/domain/consensus/processes/coinbasemanager/block_reward_switch.go
+++ b/domain/consensus/processes/coinbasemanager/block_reward_switch.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func (c *coinbaseManager) isBlockRewardFixed(stagingArea *model.StagingArea, blo
 		blueWorkDifference := new(big.Int).Sub(highPruningPointHeader.BlueWork(), lowPruningPointHeader.BlueWork())
 		blueScoreDifference := new(big.Int).SetUint64(highPruningPointHeader.BlueScore() - lowPruningPointHeader.BlueScore())
 		estimatedAverageHashRate := new(big.Int).Div(blueWorkDifference, blueScoreDifference)
-		if estimatedAverageHashRate.Cmp(c.fixedSubsidySwitchHashRateDifference) >= 0 {
+		if estimatedAverageHashRate.Cmp(c.fixedSubsidySwitchHashRateThreshold) >= 0 {
 			return true, nil
 		}
 
diff --git a/domain/consensus/processes/coinbasemanager/block_reward_switch_test.go b/domain/consensus/processes/coinbasemanager/block_reward_switch_test.go
index cba6c62bc..d82975131 100644
--- a/domain/consensus/processes/coinbasemanager/block_reward_switch_test.go
+++ b/domain/consensus/processes/coinbasemanager/block_reward_switch_test.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func TestBlockRewardSwitch(t *testing.T) {
 		// Set the hash rate difference such that the switch would trigger exactly
 		// on the `FixedSubsidySwitchPruningPointInterval + 1`th pruning point
 		workToAcceptGenesis := difficulty.CalcWork(consensusConfig.GenesisBlock.Header.Bits())
-		consensusConfig.FixedSubsidySwitchHashRateDifference = workToAcceptGenesis
+		consensusConfig.FixedSubsidySwitchHashRateThreshold = workToAcceptGenesis
 
 		// Set the min, max, and post-switch subsidies to values that would make it
 		// easy to tell whether the switch happened
diff --git a/domain/consensus/processes/coinbasemanager/coinbasemanager.go b/domain/consensus/processes/coinbasemanager/coinbasemanager.go
index b642b86e3..e0b035c99 100644
--- a/domain/consensus/processes/coinbasemanager/coinbasemanager.go
+++ b/domain/consensus/processes/coinbasemanager/coinbasemanager.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ type coinbaseManager struct {
 	coinbasePayloadScriptPublicKeyMaxLength uint8
 	genesisHash                             *externalapi.DomainHash
 	fixedSubsidySwitchPruningPointInterval  uint64
-	fixedSubsidySwitchHashRateDifference    *big.Int
+	fixedSubsidySwitchHashRateThreshold     *big.Int
 
 	databaseContext     model.DBReader
 	dagTraversalManager model.DAGTraversalManager
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ func New(
 	coinbasePayloadScriptPublicKeyMaxLength uint8,
 	genesisHash *externalapi.DomainHash,
 	fixedSubsidySwitchPruningPointInterval uint64,
-	fixedSubsidySwitchHashRateDifference *big.Int,
+	fixedSubsidySwitchHashRateThreshold *big.Int,
 
 	dagTraversalManager model.DAGTraversalManager,
 	ghostdagDataStore model.GHOSTDAGDataStore,
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ func New(
 		coinbasePayloadScriptPublicKeyMaxLength: coinbasePayloadScriptPublicKeyMaxLength,
 		genesisHash:                             genesisHash,
 		fixedSubsidySwitchPruningPointInterval:  fixedSubsidySwitchPruningPointInterval,
-		fixedSubsidySwitchHashRateDifference:    fixedSubsidySwitchHashRateDifference,
+		fixedSubsidySwitchHashRateThreshold:     fixedSubsidySwitchHashRateThreshold,
 
 		dagTraversalManager: dagTraversalManager,
 		ghostdagDataStore:   ghostdagDataStore,
diff --git a/domain/dagconfig/params.go b/domain/dagconfig/params.go
index 49cf0684c..f09f1312e 100644
--- a/domain/dagconfig/params.go
+++ b/domain/dagconfig/params.go
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ type Params struct {
 
 	FixedSubsidySwitchPruningPointInterval uint64
 
-	FixedSubsidySwitchHashRateDifference *big.Int
+	FixedSubsidySwitchHashRateThreshold *big.Int
 }
 
 // NormalizeRPCServerAddress returns addr with the current network default
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ var MainnetParams = Params{
 	CoinbasePayloadScriptPublicKeyMaxLength: defaultCoinbasePayloadScriptPublicKeyMaxLength,
 	PruningProofM:                           defaultPruningProofM,
 	FixedSubsidySwitchPruningPointInterval:  defaultFixedSubsidySwitchPruningPointInterval,
-	FixedSubsidySwitchHashRateDifference:    big.NewInt(1_000_000),
+	FixedSubsidySwitchHashRateThreshold:     big.NewInt(150_000_000_000),
 }
 
 // TestnetParams defines the network parameters for the test Kaspa network.
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ var TestnetParams = Params{
 	CoinbasePayloadScriptPublicKeyMaxLength: defaultCoinbasePayloadScriptPublicKeyMaxLength,
 	PruningProofM:                           defaultPruningProofM,
 	FixedSubsidySwitchPruningPointInterval:  defaultFixedSubsidySwitchPruningPointInterval,
-	FixedSubsidySwitchHashRateDifference:    big.NewInt(1_000_000),
+	FixedSubsidySwitchHashRateThreshold:     big.NewInt(150_000_000_000),
 }
 
 // SimnetParams defines the network parameters for the simulation test Kaspa
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ var SimnetParams = Params{
 	CoinbasePayloadScriptPublicKeyMaxLength: defaultCoinbasePayloadScriptPublicKeyMaxLength,
 	PruningProofM:                           defaultPruningProofM,
 	FixedSubsidySwitchPruningPointInterval:  defaultFixedSubsidySwitchPruningPointInterval,
-	FixedSubsidySwitchHashRateDifference:    big.NewInt(1_000_000),
+	FixedSubsidySwitchHashRateThreshold:     big.NewInt(150_000_000_000),
 }
 
 // DevnetParams defines the network parameters for the development Kaspa network.
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ var DevnetParams = Params{
 	CoinbasePayloadScriptPublicKeyMaxLength: defaultCoinbasePayloadScriptPublicKeyMaxLength,
 	PruningProofM:                           defaultPruningProofM,
 	FixedSubsidySwitchPruningPointInterval:  defaultFixedSubsidySwitchPruningPointInterval,
-	FixedSubsidySwitchHashRateDifference:    big.NewInt(1_000_000),
+	FixedSubsidySwitchHashRateThreshold:     big.NewInt(150_000_000_000),
 }
 
 var (