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Data / Difficulty adjustments / Block 298,368
April 29, 2014. Difficulty rose by +14.64% to 8.00B from 6.98B.
| Change | +14.64% |
| New difficulty | 8.00B |
| Period length | 12.2 days |
| Network hashrate then (7-day) | 0.1 EH/s |
| Bitcoin price then | $442 |
| Hashprice then | $30,270/PH/day |
The 2,016 blocks before it took 12.2 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 14.64%: 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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