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Data / Difficulty adjustments / Block 356,832
May 17, 2015. Difficulty rose by +2.44% to 48.81B from 47.64B.
| Change | +2.44% |
| New difficulty | 48.81B |
| Period length | 13.7 days |
| Network hashrate then (7-day) | 0.3 EH/s |
| Bitcoin price then | $237 |
| Hashprice then | $2,484/PH/day |
The 2,016 blocks before it took 13.7 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 2.44%: 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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