October 16, 2023. Difficulty rose by +6.47% to 61.03T from 57.32T.
Change
+6.47%
New difficulty
61.03T
Period length
13.1 days
Network hashrate then (7-day)
445.8 EH/s
Bitcoin price then
$27,911
Hashprice then
$60/PH/day
The 2,016 blocks before it took 13.1 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 6.47%: a large adjustment. For every machine on the network that is a pay cut of the same size until the next retarget.