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Data / Difficulty adjustments / Block 219,744
February 5, 2013. Difficulty rose by +10.33% to 3.28M from 2.97M.
| Change | +10.33% |
| New difficulty | 3.28M |
| Period length | 12.7 days |
| Network hashrate then (7-day) | — |
| Bitcoin price then | $21 |
| Hashprice then | — |
The 2,016 blocks before it took 12.7 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 10.33%: one of the largest adjustments on record. For every machine on the network that is a pay cut of the same size until the next retarget.
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