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Data / Difficulty adjustments / Block 443,520
December 15, 2016. Difficulty rose by +8.16% to 310.15B from 286.77B.
| Change | +8.16% |
| New difficulty | 310.15B |
| Period length | 12.9 days |
| Network hashrate then (7-day) | 2.2 EH/s |
| Bitcoin price then | $777 |
| Hashprice then | $670/PH/day |
The 2,016 blocks before it took 12.9 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 8.16%: 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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