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Data / Difficulty adjustments / Block 497,952
December 6, 2017. Difficulty rose by +18.11% to 1.59T from 1.35T.
| Change | +18.11% |
| New difficulty | 1.59T |
| Period length | 11.9 days |
| Network hashrate then (7-day) | 11.7 EH/s |
| Bitcoin price then | $13,111 |
| Hashprice then | $1,799/PH/day |
The 2,016 blocks before it took 11.9 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 18.11%: 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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