May 31, 2023. Difficulty rose by +3.40% to 51.23T from 49.55T.
Change
+3.40%
New difficulty
51.23T
Period length
13.5 days
Network hashrate then (7-day)
374.7 EH/s
Bitcoin price then
$27,215
Hashprice then
$74/PH/day
The 2,016 blocks before it took 13.5 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 3.40%: an ordinary adjustment. For every machine on the network that is a pay cut of the same size until the next retarget.