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Data / Difficulty adjustments / Block 491,904
October 26, 2017. Difficulty rose by +21.39% to 1.45T from 1.20T.
| Change | +21.39% |
| New difficulty | 1.45T |
| Period length | 11.5 days |
| Network hashrate then (7-day) | 10.3 EH/s |
| Bitcoin price then | $5,835 |
| Hashprice then | $1,122/PH/day |
The 2,016 blocks before it took 11.5 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 21.39%: one of the largest adjustments on record. For every machine on the network that is a pay cut of the same size until the next retarget.
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