February 19, 2026. Difficulty rose by +14.73% to 144.40T from 125.86T.
Change
+14.73%
New difficulty
144.40T
Period length
12.2 days
Network hashrate then (7-day)
1057.2 EH/s
Bitcoin price then
$66,708
Hashprice then
$34/PH/day
The 2,016 blocks before it took 12.2 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 14.73%: one of the largest adjustments on record. For every machine on the network that is a pay cut of the same size until the next retarget.