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Data / Difficulty adjustments / Block 512,064
March 5, 2018. Difficulty rose by +9.42% to 3.29T from 3.01T.
| Change | +9.42% |
| New difficulty | 3.29T |
| Period length | 12.8 days |
| Network hashrate then (7-day) | 23.6 EH/s |
| Bitcoin price then | $11,517 |
| Hashprice then | $811/PH/day |
The 2,016 blocks before it took 12.8 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 9.42%: a large adjustment. For every machine on the network that is a pay cut of the same size until the next retarget.
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