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title: 'Re: Proof-of-work difficulty increasing'
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parent: Bitcoin Forum
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date: 2010-07-16 16:56:54 UTC
original: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=43.msg3526#msg3526
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# Re: Proof-of-work difficulty increasing

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Re: Proof-of-work difficulty increasing
July 16, 2010, 04:56:54 PM

It adjusted to 181.54 a few minutes ago.  Typical time to get a block is about a week now.

The difficulty can adjust down as well as up.

The network should be generating close to 6 blocks per hour now.
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