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Bitcoin difficulty adjustment at block 435,456

October 22, 2016. Difficulty fell by -1.90% to 253.62B from 258.52B.

Change-1.90%
New difficulty253.62B
Period length14.3 days
Network hashrate then (7-day)1.8 EH/s
Bitcoin price then$629
Hashprice then$668/PH/day

The 2,016 blocks before it took 14.3 days, longer than the 14 intended, so hashrate had fallen, and difficulty fell by 1.90%: an ordinary adjustment. For every machine on the network that is a pay rise of the same size until the next retarget.

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