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Data / Difficulty adjustments / Block 465,696
May 10, 2017. Difficulty rose by +7.28% to 559.97B from 521.97B.
| Change | +7.28% |
| New difficulty | 559.97B |
| Period length | 13.1 days |
| Network hashrate then (7-day) | 4.1 EH/s |
| Bitcoin price then | $1,662 |
| Hashprice then | $802/PH/day |
The 2,016 blocks before it took 13.1 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 7.28%: 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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