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Data / Difficulty adjustments / Block 538,272
August 24, 2018. Difficulty rose by +5.29% to 6.73T from 6.39T.
| Change | +5.29% |
| New difficulty | 6.73T |
| Period length | 13.3 days |
| Network hashrate then (7-day) | 48.3 EH/s |
| Bitcoin price then | $6,526 |
| Hashprice then | $254/PH/day |
The 2,016 blocks before it took 13.3 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 5.29%: 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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