July 5, 2024. Difficulty fell by -5.00% to 79.50T from 83.68T.
Change
-5.00%
New difficulty
79.50T
Period length
14.7 days
Network hashrate then (7-day)
586.3 EH/s
Bitcoin price then
$55,730
Hashprice then
$47/PH/day
The 2,016 blocks before it took 14.7 days, longer than the 14 intended, so hashrate had fallen, and difficulty fell by 5.00%: an ordinary adjustment. For every machine on the network that is a pay rise of the same size until the next retarget.