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Data / Difficulty adjustments / Block 252,000
August 13, 2013. Difficulty rose by +35.88% to 50.81M from 37.39M.
| Change | +35.88% |
| New difficulty | 50.81M |
| Period length | 10.3 days |
| Network hashrate then (7-day) | 0.0 EH/s |
| Bitcoin price then | $107 |
| Hashprice then | $997,528/PH/day |
The 2,016 blocks before it took 10.3 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 35.88%: 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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