January 6, 2024. Difficulty rose by +1.65% to 73.20T from 72.01T.
Change
+1.65%
New difficulty
73.20T
Period length
13.8 days
Network hashrate then (7-day)
537.7 EH/s
Bitcoin price then
$43,848
Hashprice then
$91/PH/day
The 2,016 blocks before it took 13.8 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 1.65%: an ordinary adjustment. For every machine on the network that is a pay cut of the same size until the next retarget.