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Bitcoin difficulty adjustment at block 268,128

November 5, 2013. Difficulty rose by +30.70% to 510.93M from 390.93M.

Change+30.70%
New difficulty510.93M
Period length10.7 days
Network hashrate then (7-day)0.0 EH/s
Bitcoin price then$230
Hashprice then$204,845/PH/day

The 2,016 blocks before it took 10.7 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 30.70%: 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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