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Data / Difficulty adjustments / Block 223,776
March 1, 2013. Difficulty rose by +19.63% to 4.37M from 3.65M.
| Change | +19.63% |
| New difficulty | 4.37M |
| Period length | 11.7 days |
| Network hashrate then (7-day) | — |
| Bitcoin price then | $33 |
| Hashprice then | — |
The 2,016 blocks before it took 11.7 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 19.63%: 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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