October 29, 2026. Difficulty rose by +5.54% to 148.36T from 140.58T.
Change
+5.54%
New difficulty
148.36T
Period length
13.3 days
Network hashrate then (7-day)
1062.6 EH/s
Bitcoin price then
$81,275
Hashprice then
$36/PH/day
The 2,016 blocks before it took 13.3 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 5.54%: a large adjustment. For every machine on the network that is a pay cut of the same size until the next retarget.