October 16, 2025. Difficulty fell by -2.73% to 146.72T from 150.84T.
Change
-2.73%
New difficulty
146.72T
Period length
14.4 days
Network hashrate then (7-day)
1080.4 EH/s
Bitcoin price then
$110,102
Hashprice then
$48/PH/day
The 2,016 blocks before it took 14.4 days, longer than the 14 intended, so hashrate had fallen, and difficulty fell by 2.73%: an ordinary adjustment. For every machine on the network that is a pay rise of the same size until the next retarget.