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Data / Difficulty adjustments / Block 399,168
February 19, 2016. Difficulty rose by +13.44% to 163.49B from 144.12B.
| Change | +13.44% |
| New difficulty | 163.49B |
| Period length | 12.3 days |
| Network hashrate then (7-day) | 1.1 EH/s |
| Bitcoin price then | $421 |
| Hashprice then | $1,298/PH/day |
The 2,016 blocks before it took 12.3 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 13.44%: 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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