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Data / Difficulty adjustments / Block 445,536
December 28, 2016. Difficulty rose by +2.43% to 317.69B from 310.15B.
| Change | +2.43% |
| New difficulty | 317.69B |
| Period length | 13.7 days |
| Network hashrate then (7-day) | 2.4 EH/s |
| Bitcoin price then | $930 |
| Hashprice then | $716/PH/day |
The 2,016 blocks before it took 13.7 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 2.43%: 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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