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Bitcoin difficulty adjustment at block 669,312

February 6, 2021. Difficulty rose by +2.93% to 21.43T from 20.82T.

Change+2.93%
New difficulty21.43T
Period length13.6 days
Network hashrate then (7-day)152.6 EH/s
Bitcoin price then$39,343
Hashprice then$225/PH/day

The 2,016 blocks before it took 13.6 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 2.93%: 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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