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Data / Difficulty adjustments / Block 665,280
January 9, 2021. Difficulty rose by +10.79% to 20.61T from 18.60T.
| Change | +10.79% |
| New difficulty | 20.61T |
| Period length | 12.6 days |
| Network hashrate then (7-day) | 149.6 EH/s |
| Bitcoin price then | $38,501 |
| Hashprice then | $230/PH/day |
The 2,016 blocks before it took 12.6 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 10.79%: one of the largest adjustments on record. For every machine on the network that is a pay cut of the same size until the next retarget.
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