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Data / Difficulty adjustments / Block 292,320
March 24, 2014. Difficulty rose by +17.80% to 5.01B from 4.25B.
| Change | +17.80% |
| New difficulty | 5.01B |
| Period length | 11.9 days |
| Network hashrate then (7-day) | 0.0 EH/s |
| Bitcoin price then | $560 |
| Hashprice then | $59,278/PH/day |
The 2,016 blocks before it took 11.9 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 17.80%: 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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