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Data / Difficulty adjustments / Block 540,288
September 7, 2018. Difficulty rose by +4.34% to 7.02T from 6.73T.
| Change | +4.34% |
| New difficulty | 7.02T |
| Period length | 13.4 days |
| Network hashrate then (7-day) | 47.9 EH/s |
| Bitcoin price then | $6,772 |
| Hashprice then | $279/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 4.34%: 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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