August 22, 2023. Difficulty rose by +6.17% to 55.62T from 52.39T.
Change
+6.17%
New difficulty
55.62T
Period length
13.2 days
Network hashrate then (7-day)
407.9 EH/s
Bitcoin price then
$25,979
Hashprice then
$65/PH/day
The 2,016 blocks before it took 13.2 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 6.17%: a large adjustment. For every machine on the network that is a pay cut of the same size until the next retarget.