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Data / Difficulty adjustments / Block 534,240
July 29, 2018. Difficulty rose by +14.88% to 5.95T from 5.18T.
| Change | +14.88% |
| New difficulty | 5.95T |
| Period length | 12.2 days |
| Network hashrate then (7-day) | 42.7 EH/s |
| Bitcoin price then | $8,056 |
| Hashprice then | $339/PH/day |
The 2,016 blocks before it took 12.2 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 14.88%: 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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