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Data / Difficulty adjustments / Block 441,504
December 2, 2016. Difficulty rose by +1.76% to 286.77B from 281.80B.
| Change | +1.76% |
| New difficulty | 286.77B |
| Period length | 13.8 days |
| Network hashrate then (7-day) | 2.1 EH/s |
| Bitcoin price then | $751 |
| Hashprice then | $667/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 1.76%: 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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