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Bitcoin difficulty adjustment at block 516,096

April 1, 2018. Difficulty rose by +1.40% to 3.51T from 3.46T.

Change+1.40%
New difficulty3.51T
Period length13.8 days
Network hashrate then (7-day)24.9 EH/s
Bitcoin price then$7,108
Hashprice then$571/PH/day

The 2,016 blocks before it took 13.8 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 1.40%: 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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