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Data / Difficulty adjustments / Block 433,440
October 8, 2016. Difficulty rose by +7.17% to 258.52B from 241.23B.
| Change | +7.17% |
| New difficulty | 258.52B |
| Period length | 13.1 days |
| Network hashrate then (7-day) | 1.8 EH/s |
| Bitcoin price then | $615 |
| Hashprice then | $620/PH/day |
The 2,016 blocks before it took 13.1 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 7.17%: a large adjustment. For every machine on the network that is a pay cut of the same size until the next retarget.
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