<p>Difficulty is a measure of how difficult it is to find a hash below a given target.</p>

<p>The Bitcoin network has a global block difficulty. Valid blocks must have a hash below this target.</p>

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<p>How to understand "<a href="https://btc.com/stats/diff" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Difficulty</a>" and how to use it?</p>

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Network status: What is "Difficulty"?
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# Network status: What is "Difficulty"?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-05-30)

How to understand "[Difficulty](https://btc.com/stats/diff)" and how to use it?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2017-05-30. Score: 0

Difficulty is a measure of how difficult it is to find a hash below a given target.

The Bitcoin network has a global block difficulty. Valid blocks must have a hash below this target.


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