February 25, 2023. Difficulty rose by +9.95% to 43.05T from 39.16T.
Change
+9.95%
New difficulty
43.05T
Period length
12.7 days
Network hashrate then (7-day)
303.2 EH/s
Bitcoin price then
$23,051
Hashprice then
$78/PH/day
The 2,016 blocks before it took 12.7 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 9.95%: a large adjustment. For every machine on the network that is a pay cut of the same size until the next retarget.