January 3, 2023. Difficulty fell by -3.59% to 34.09T from 35.36T.
Change
-3.59%
New difficulty
34.09T
Period length
14.5 days
Network hashrate then (7-day)
263.5 EH/s
Bitcoin price then
$16,683
Hashprice then
$60/PH/day
The 2,016 blocks before it took 14.5 days, longer than the 14 intended, so hashrate had fallen, and difficulty fell by 3.59%: an ordinary adjustment. For every machine on the network that is a pay rise of the same size until the next retarget.