May 18, 2023. Difficulty rose by +3.22% to 49.55T from 48.01T.
Change
+3.22%
New difficulty
49.55T
Period length
13.6 days
Network hashrate then (7-day)
365.0 EH/s
Bitcoin price then
$27,153
Hashprice then
$79/PH/day
The 2,016 blocks before it took 13.6 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 3.22%: an ordinary adjustment. For every machine on the network that is a pay cut of the same size until the next retarget.