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Data / Difficulty adjustments / Block 544,320
October 4, 2018. Difficulty rose by +4.23% to 7.45T from 7.15T.
| Change | +4.23% |
| New difficulty | 7.45T |
| Period length | 13.4 days |
| Network hashrate then (7-day) | 53.4 EH/s |
| Bitcoin price then | $6,534 |
| Hashprice then | $232/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 4.23%: 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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