May 9, 2024. Difficulty fell by -5.63% to 83.15T from 88.10T.
Change
-5.63%
New difficulty
83.15T
Period length
14.8 days
Network hashrate then (7-day)
579.0 EH/s
Bitcoin price then
$61,757
Hashprice then
$50/PH/day
The 2,016 blocks before it took 14.8 days, longer than the 14 intended, so hashrate had fallen, and difficulty fell by 5.63%: a large adjustment. For every machine on the network that is a pay rise of the same size until the next retarget.