January 29, 2023. Difficulty rose by +4.68% to 39.35T from 37.59T.
Change
+4.68%
New difficulty
39.35T
Period length
13.4 days
Network hashrate then (7-day)
291.6 EH/s
Bitcoin price then
$23,437
Hashprice then
$78/PH/day
The 2,016 blocks before it took 13.4 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 4.68%: an ordinary adjustment. For every machine on the network that is a pay cut of the same size until the next retarget.