April 20, 2023. Difficulty rose by +1.72% to 48.71T from 47.89T.
Change
+1.72%
New difficulty
48.71T
Period length
13.8 days
Network hashrate then (7-day)
347.7 EH/s
Bitcoin price then
$28,674
Hashprice then
$80/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 1.72%: an ordinary adjustment. For every machine on the network that is a pay cut of the same size until the next retarget.