May 23, 2024. Difficulty rose by +1.48% to 84.38T from 83.15T.
Change
+1.48%
New difficulty
84.38T
Period length
13.8 days
Network hashrate then (7-day)
605.6 EH/s
Bitcoin price then
$68,741
Hashprice then
$54/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 1.48%: an ordinary adjustment. For every machine on the network that is a pay cut of the same size until the next retarget.