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Data / Difficulty adjustments / Block 455,616
March 3, 2017. Difficulty rose by +4.54% to 460.77B from 440.78B.
| Change | +4.54% |
| New difficulty | 460.77B |
| Period length | 13.4 days |
| Network hashrate then (7-day) | 3.5 EH/s |
| Bitcoin price then | $1,236 |
| Hashprice then | $614/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 4.54%: 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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