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Data / Difficulty adjustments / Block 215,712
January 8, 2013. Difficulty rose by +9.06% to 3.25M from 2.98M.
| Change | +9.06% |
| New difficulty | 3.25M |
| Period length | 12.9 days |
| Network hashrate then (7-day) | — |
| Bitcoin price then | $14 |
| Hashprice then | — |
The 2,016 blocks before it took 12.9 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 9.06%: a large adjustment. For every machine on the network that is a pay cut of the same size until the next retarget.
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