August 4, 2022. Difficulty rose by +1.74% to 28.17T from 27.69T.
Change
+1.74%
New difficulty
28.17T
Period length
13.8 days
Network hashrate then (7-day)
197.4 EH/s
Bitcoin price then
$22,852
Hashprice then
$108/PH/day
The 2,016 blocks before it took 13.8 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 1.74%: an ordinary adjustment. For every machine on the network that is a pay cut of the same size until the next retarget.