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Data / Difficulty adjustments / Block 276,192
December 21, 2013. Difficulty rose by +30.01% to 1.18B from 908.35M.
| Change | +30.01% |
| New difficulty | 1.18B |
| Period length | 10.8 days |
| Network hashrate then (7-day) | 0.0 EH/s |
| Bitcoin price then | $614 |
| Hashprice then | $286,662/PH/day |
The 2,016 blocks before it took 10.8 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 30.01%: 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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