<p>Because blocks were not being mined in less than 10 minutes on average during this time (so the difficulty would only decrease and not increase), and the difficulty cannot go lower than 1.</p>

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Hello @inersha, Can you help me with this problem https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/121279/need-help-deriving-extended-private-key-from-bitcoin-root-extended-public-key-an
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<p>I'm working on showing the difficulty adjustments over time, and I've noticed that the first difficulty adjustment did not take place until block <strong>32,256</strong>:</p>

<p><a href="http://learnmeabitcoin.com/explorer/node/difficulty/" rel="noreferrer">http://learnmeabitcoin.com/explorer/node/difficulty/</a></p>

<p>Why is this?</p>

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Why didn't the difficulty adjust for the first 30,240 blocks?
inersha
# Why didn't the difficulty adjust for the first 30,240 blocks?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-08-18)

I'm working on showing the difficulty adjustments over time, and I've noticed that the first difficulty adjustment did not take place until block **32,256**:

<http://learnmeabitcoin.com/explorer/node/difficulty/>

Why is this?

**Tags:** difficulty


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2016-08-18. Score: 11 | Accepted answer

Because blocks were not being mined in less than 10 minutes on average during this time (so the difficulty would only decrease and not increase), and the difficulty cannot go lower than 1.

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> **username_1**: Hello @username_0, Can you help me with this problem https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/121279/need-help-deriving-extended-private-key-from-bitcoin-root-extended-public-key-an  

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