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Data / Difficulty adjustments / Block 227,808
March 24, 2013. Difficulty rose by +38.13% to 6.70M from 4.85M.
| Change | +38.13% |
| New difficulty | 6.70M |
| Period length | 10.1 days |
| Network hashrate then (7-day) | — |
| Bitcoin price then | $64 |
| Hashprice then | — |
The 2,016 blocks before it took 10.1 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 38.13%: 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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