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Data / Difficulty adjustments / Block 229,824
April 5, 2013. Difficulty rose by +14.59% to 7.67M from 6.70M.
| Change | +14.59% |
| New difficulty | 7.67M |
| Period length | 12.2 days |
| Network hashrate then (7-day) | 0.0 EH/s |
| Bitcoin price then | $133 |
| Hashprice then | $3,980,594/PH/day |
The 2,016 blocks before it took 12.2 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 14.59%: 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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