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Bitcoin difficulty adjustment at block 334,656

December 17, 2014. Difficulty fell by -1.37% to 39.46B from 40.01B.

Change-1.37%
New difficulty39.46B
Period length14.2 days
Network hashrate then (7-day)0.3 EH/s
Bitcoin price then$330
Hashprice then$4,415/PH/day

The 2,016 blocks before it took 14.2 days, longer than the 14 intended, so hashrate had fallen, and difficulty fell by 1.37%: an ordinary adjustment. For every machine on the network that is a pay rise of the same size until the next retarget.

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