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Data / Difficulty adjustments / Block 249,984
August 3, 2013. Difficulty rose by +19.63% to 37.39M from 31.26M.
| Change | +19.63% |
| New difficulty | 37.39M |
| Period length | 11.7 days |
| Network hashrate then (7-day) | 0.0 EH/s |
| Bitcoin price then | $105 |
| Hashprice then | $1,241,414/PH/day |
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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