February 15, 2024. Difficulty rose by +8.24% to 81.73T from 75.50T.
Change
+8.24%
New difficulty
81.73T
Period length
13.0 days
Network hashrate then (7-day)
560.0 EH/s
Bitcoin price then
$52,110
Hashprice then
$86/PH/day
The 2,016 blocks before it took 13.0 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 8.24%: a large adjustment. For every machine on the network that is a pay cut of the same size until the next retarget.