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Data / Difficulty adjustments / Block 467,712
May 23, 2017. Difficulty rose by +6.42% to 595.92B from 559.97B.
| Change | +6.42% |
| New difficulty | 595.92B |
| Period length | 13.2 days |
| Network hashrate then (7-day) | 4.2 EH/s |
| Bitcoin price then | $2,215 |
| Hashprice then | $857/PH/day |
The 2,016 blocks before it took 13.2 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 6.42%: 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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