April 17, 2026. Difficulty fell by -2.43% to 135.59T from 138.97T.
Change
-2.43%
New difficulty
135.59T
Period length
14.4 days
Network hashrate then (7-day)
979.7 EH/s
Bitcoin price then
$76,196
Hashprice then
$34/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 2.43%: an ordinary adjustment. For every machine on the network that is a pay rise of the same size until the next retarget.