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Data / Difficulty adjustments / Block 314,496
August 8, 2014. Difficulty rose by +5.30% to 19.73B from 18.74B.
| Change | +5.30% |
| New difficulty | 19.73B |
| Period length | 13.3 days |
| Network hashrate then (7-day) | 0.1 EH/s |
| Bitcoin price then | $585 |
| Hashprice then | $15,106/PH/day |
The 2,016 blocks before it took 13.3 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 5.30%: a large adjustment. For every machine on the network that is a pay cut of the same size until the next retarget.
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