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Data / Difficulty adjustments / Block 336,672
December 30, 2014. Difficulty rose by +3.00% to 40.64B from 39.46B.
| Change | +3.00% |
| New difficulty | 40.64B |
| Period length | 13.6 days |
| Network hashrate then (7-day) | 0.3 EH/s |
| Bitcoin price then | $313 |
| Hashprice then | $3,792/PH/day |
The 2,016 blocks before it took 13.6 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 3.00%: an ordinary adjustment. For every machine on the network that is a pay cut of the same size until the next retarget.
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