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Data / Difficulty adjustments / Block 342,720
February 9, 2015. Difficulty rose by +7.71% to 44.46B from 41.27B.
| Change | +7.71% |
| New difficulty | 44.46B |
| Period length | 13.0 days |
| Network hashrate then (7-day) | 0.3 EH/s |
| Bitcoin price then | $224 |
| Hashprice then | $2,631/PH/day |
The 2,016 blocks before it took 13.0 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 7.71%: 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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