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Data / Difficulty adjustments / Block 344,736
February 22, 2015. Difficulty rose by +5.01% to 46.68B from 44.46B.
| Change | +5.01% |
| New difficulty | 46.68B |
| Period length | 13.3 days |
| Network hashrate then (7-day) | 0.3 EH/s |
| Bitcoin price then | $245 |
| Hashprice then | $2,571/PH/day |
The 2,016 blocks before it took 13.3 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 5.01%: 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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