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Bitcoin difficulty adjustment at block 423,360

August 2, 2016. Difficulty fell by -5.43% to 201.89B from 213.49B.

Change-5.43%
New difficulty201.89B
Period length14.8 days
Network hashrate then (7-day)1.5 EH/s
Bitcoin price then$606
Hashprice then$831/PH/day

The 2,016 blocks before it took 14.8 days, longer than the 14 intended, so hashrate had fallen, and difficulty fell by 5.43%: a large adjustment. For every machine on the network that is a pay rise of the same size until the next retarget.

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