March 9, 2020. Difficulty rose by +6.88% to 16.55T from 15.49T.
Change
+6.88%
New difficulty
16.55T
Period length
13.1 days
Network hashrate then (7-day)
121.1 EH/s
Bitcoin price then
$8,216
Hashprice then
$140/PH/day
The 2,016 blocks before it took 13.1 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 6.88%: a large adjustment. For every machine on the network that is a pay cut of the same size until the next retarget.