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February 4, 2017. Difficulty rose by +7.43% to 422.17B from 392.96B.
| Change | +7.43% |
| New difficulty | 422.17B |
| Period length | 13.0 days |
| Network hashrate then (7-day) | 3.1 EH/s |
| Bitcoin price then | $997 |
| Hashprice then | $585/PH/day |
The 2,016 blocks before it took 13.0 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 7.43%: 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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