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Data / Difficulty adjustments / Block 338,688
January 12, 2015. Difficulty rose by +8.20% to 43.97B from 40.64B.
| Change | +8.20% |
| New difficulty | 43.97B |
| Period length | 12.9 days |
| Network hashrate then (7-day) | 0.3 EH/s |
| Bitcoin price then | $270 |
| Hashprice then | $3,403/PH/day |
The 2,016 blocks before it took 12.9 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 8.20%: 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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