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Bitcoin difficulty adjustment at block 552,384

December 3, 2018. Difficulty fell by -15.13% to 5.65T from 6.65T.

Change-15.13%
New difficulty5.65T
Period length16.5 days
Network hashrate then (7-day)38.0 EH/s
Bitcoin price then$4,077
Hashprice then$194/PH/day

The 2,016 blocks before it took 16.5 days, longer than the 14 intended, so hashrate had fallen, and difficulty fell by 15.13%: one of the largest adjustments on record. For every machine on the network that is a pay rise of the same size until the next retarget.

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