January 20, 2024. Difficulty fell by -3.90% to 70.34T from 73.20T.
Change
-3.90%
New difficulty
70.34T
Period length
14.6 days
Network hashrate then (7-day)
480.1 EH/s
Bitcoin price then
$41,596
Hashprice then
$84/PH/day
The 2,016 blocks before it took 14.6 days, longer than the 14 intended, so hashrate had fallen, and difficulty fell by 3.90%: an ordinary adjustment. For every machine on the network that is a pay rise of the same size until the next retarget.