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Data / Difficulty adjustments / Block 574,560
May 4, 2019. Difficulty rose by +5.50% to 6.70T from 6.35T.
| Change | +5.50% |
| New difficulty | 6.70T |
| Period length | 13.3 days |
| Network hashrate then (7-day) | 50.0 EH/s |
| Bitcoin price then | $5,464 |
| Hashprice then | $204/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 5.50%: 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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