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Data / Difficulty adjustments / Block 508,032
February 6, 2018. Difficulty rose by +10.43% to 2.87T from 2.60T.
| Change | +10.43% |
| New difficulty | 2.87T |
| Period length | 12.7 days |
| Network hashrate then (7-day) | 21.0 EH/s |
| Bitcoin price then | $8,213 |
| Hashprice then | $787/PH/day |
The 2,016 blocks before it took 12.7 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 10.43%: 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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