October 23, 2022. Difficulty rose by +3.44% to 36.84T from 35.61T.
Change
+3.44%
New difficulty
36.84T
Period length
13.5 days
Network hashrate then (7-day)
259.0 EH/s
Bitcoin price then
$19,267
Hashprice then
$69/PH/day
The 2,016 blocks before it took 13.5 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 3.44%: an ordinary adjustment. For every machine on the network that is a pay cut of the same size until the next retarget.