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Data / Difficulty adjustments / Block 296,352
April 17, 2014. Difficulty rose by +14.04% to 6.98B from 6.12B.
| Change | +14.04% |
| New difficulty | 6.98B |
| Period length | 12.3 days |
| Network hashrate then (7-day) | 0.1 EH/s |
| Bitcoin price then | $526 |
| Hashprice then | $31,120/PH/day |
The 2,016 blocks before it took 12.3 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 14.04%: 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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