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Data / Difficulty adjustments / Block 397,152
February 7, 2016. Difficulty rose by +20.06% to 144.12B from 120.03B.
| Change | +20.06% |
| New difficulty | 144.12B |
| Period length | 11.7 days |
| Network hashrate then (7-day) | 1.1 EH/s |
| Bitcoin price then | $375 |
| Hashprice then | $1,283/PH/day |
The 2,016 blocks before it took 11.7 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 20.06%: one of the largest adjustments on record. For every machine on the network that is a pay cut of the same size until the next retarget.
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