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Data / Difficulty adjustments / Block 403,200
March 18, 2016. Difficulty rose by +4.46% to 165.50B from 158.43B.
| Change | +4.46% |
| New difficulty | 165.50B |
| Period length | 13.4 days |
| Network hashrate then (7-day) | 1.2 EH/s |
| Bitcoin price then | $418 |
| Hashprice then | $1,296/PH/day |
The 2,016 blocks before it took 13.4 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 4.46%: 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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