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Data / Difficulty adjustments / Block 479,808
August 9, 2017. Difficulty rose by +7.33% to 923.23B from 860.22B.
| Change | +7.33% |
| New difficulty | 923.23B |
| Period length | 13.1 days |
| Network hashrate then (7-day) | 6.7 EH/s |
| Bitcoin price then | $3,409 |
| Hashprice then | $822/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 7.33%: 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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