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Data / Difficulty adjustments / Block 487,872
October 2, 2017. Difficulty rose by +1.85% to 1.12T from 1.10T.
| Change | +1.85% |
| New difficulty | 1.12T |
| Period length | 13.7 days |
| Network hashrate then (7-day) | 8.0 EH/s |
| Bitcoin price then | $4,236 |
| Hashprice then | $1,014/PH/day |
The 2,016 blocks before it took 13.7 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 1.85%: 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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