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GC-0013 · Catalogue no. 13 · Chapter I

Difficulty Increase

30 DEC 2009
RareImpact · TechnologicalMINT COMING SOON
Catalogue no.
13
Chapter
Bitcoin Genesis
Date status
Verified: first non-trivial difficulty change
Chain
Solana · not minted

Event

The first rise in difficulty from 1, at block 32256.

Verified: 32255: difficulty 1; 32256: difficulty 1.1828995343128408 and different nBits. The earlier 2016-block boundaries were also checked separately.

Interpretation boundary: Not the first programmed retargeting boundary, but the first difficulty CHANGE/increase.

Sources

  1. block32255 · chain_record
  2. block32256 · chain_record
  3. block30240 · chain_record

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