May 4, 2023. Difficulty fell by -1.45% to 48.01T from 48.71T.
Change
-1.45%
New difficulty
48.01T
Period length
14.2 days
Network hashrate then (7-day)
350.9 EH/s
Bitcoin price then
$29,012
Hashprice then
$81/PH/day
The 2,016 blocks before it took 14.2 days, longer than the 14 intended, so hashrate had fallen, and difficulty fell by 1.45%: an ordinary adjustment. For every machine on the network that is a pay rise of the same size until the next retarget.