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Data / Difficulty adjustments / Block 294,336
April 5, 2014. Difficulty rose by +22.23% to 6.12B from 5.01B.
| Change | +22.23% |
| New difficulty | 6.12B |
| Period length | 11.5 days |
| Network hashrate then (7-day) | 0.0 EH/s |
| Bitcoin price then | $452 |
| Hashprice then | $37,658/PH/day |
The 2,016 blocks before it took 11.5 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 22.23%: 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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