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Data / Difficulty adjustments / Block 501,984
January 1, 2018. Difficulty rose by +3.10% to 1.93T from 1.87T.
| Change | +3.10% |
| New difficulty | 1.93T |
| Period length | 13.6 days |
| Network hashrate then (7-day) | 14.1 EH/s |
| Bitcoin price then | $13,219 |
| Hashprice then | $1,791/PH/day |
The 2,016 blocks before it took 13.6 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 3.10%: 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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