[uncensored-r/Bitcoin] Difficulty Jumps 21% !

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The difficulty of the Bitcoin Network has increased from 1,196,792,694,099 to 1,452,839,779,146 ; an increase of

~250,000,000,000

To give some perspective on these numbers;

It took from January 2009 until October 2016 to grow the network from a difficulty of 1 to 250,000,000,000.

In the past few days more hashpower has been added to the network than all the cumulative hashpower added from 2009 to late 2016.

Let that sink in.