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Data / Difficulty adjustments / Block 370,944
August 22, 2015. Difficulty rose by +2.95% to 54.26B from 52.70B.
| Change | +2.95% |
| New difficulty | 54.26B |
| Period length | 13.6 days |
| Network hashrate then (7-day) | 0.4 EH/s |
| Bitcoin price then | $233 |
| Hashprice then | $2,273/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 2.95%: 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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