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Bitcoin difficulty adjustment at block 427,392

August 29, 2016. Difficulty rose by +1.56% to 220.76B from 217.38B.

Change+1.56%
New difficulty220.76B
Period length13.8 days
Network hashrate then (7-day)1.6 EH/s
Bitcoin price then$573
Hashprice then$688/PH/day

The 2,016 blocks before it took 13.8 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 1.56%: 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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