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Data / Difficulty adjustments / Block 542,304
September 20, 2018. Difficulty rose by +1.90% to 7.15T from 7.02T.
| Change | +1.90% |
| New difficulty | 7.15T |
| Period length | 13.8 days |
| Network hashrate then (7-day) | 49.4 EH/s |
| Bitcoin price then | $6,496 |
| Hashprice then | $247/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 1.90%: 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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