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Bitcoin difficulty adjustment at block 453,600

February 18, 2017. Difficulty rose by +4.41% to 440.78B from 422.17B.

Change+4.41%
New difficulty440.78B
Period length13.4 days
Network hashrate then (7-day)3.2 EH/s
Bitcoin price then$1,055
Hashprice then$557/PH/day

The 2,016 blocks before it took 13.4 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 4.41%: 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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