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Data / Difficulty adjustments / Block 949,536
May 15, 2026. Difficulty rose by +3.12% to 136.61T from 132.47T.
| Change | +3.12% |
| New difficulty | 136.61T |
| Period length | 13.6 days |
| Network hashrate then (7-day) | 994.6 EH/s |
| Bitcoin price then | $80,089 |
| Hashprice then | $38/PH/day |
The 2,016 blocks before it took 13.6 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 3.12%: an ordinary adjustment. For every machine on the network that is a pay cut of the same size until the next retarget.
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