March 14, 2024. Difficulty rose by +5.79% to 83.95T from 79.35T.
Change
+5.79%
New difficulty
83.95T
Period length
13.2 days
Network hashrate then (7-day)
626.7 EH/s
Bitcoin price then
$72,190
Hashprice then
$116/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 5.79%: a large adjustment. For every machine on the network that is a pay cut of the same size until the next retarget.