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Data / Difficulty adjustments / Block 316,512
August 19, 2014. Difficulty rose by +20.86% to 23.84B from 19.73B.
| Change | +20.86% |
| New difficulty | 23.84B |
| Period length | 11.6 days |
| Network hashrate then (7-day) | 0.2 EH/s |
| Bitcoin price then | $475 |
| Hashprice then | $11,350/PH/day |
The 2,016 blocks before it took 11.6 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 20.86%: 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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