# Re: Proof-of-work difficulty increasing

Post by: satoshi on 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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