May 29, 2026. Difficulty rose by +1.72% to 138.96T from 136.61T.
Change
+1.72%
New difficulty
138.96T
Period length
13.8 days
Network hashrate then (7-day)
1027.1 EH/s
Bitcoin price then
$73,465
Hashprice then
$35/PH/day
The 2,016 blocks before it took 13.8 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 1.72%: an ordinary adjustment. For every machine on the network that is a pay cut of the same size until the next retarget.