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Data / Difficulty adjustments / Block 231,840
April 17, 2013. Difficulty rose by +16.96% to 8.97M from 7.67M.
| Change | +16.96% |
| New difficulty | 8.97M |
| Period length | 12.0 days |
| Network hashrate then (7-day) | 0.0 EH/s |
| Bitcoin price then | $68 |
| Hashprice then | $3,886,418/PH/day |
The 2,016 blocks before it took 12.0 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 16.96%: 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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