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Data / Difficulty adjustments / Block 489,888
October 15, 2017. Difficulty rose by +6.49% to 1.20T from 1.12T.
| Change | +6.49% |
| New difficulty | 1.20T |
| Period length | 13.2 days |
| Network hashrate then (7-day) | 8.6 EH/s |
| Bitcoin price then | $5,474 |
| Hashprice then | $994/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 6.49%: 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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