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Data / Difficulty adjustments / Block 510,048
February 20, 2018. Difficulty rose by +4.62% to 3.01T from 2.87T.
| Change | +4.62% |
| New difficulty | 3.01T |
| Period length | 13.4 days |
| Network hashrate then (7-day) | 22.5 EH/s |
| Bitcoin price then | $10,979 |
| Hashprice then | $839/PH/day |
The 2,016 blocks before it took 13.4 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 4.62%: 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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