<p>Blockcypher is not showing difficulty but difficulty target. You can see blockchain.info also show this under 'bits'.</p>

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Read more: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Difficulty#What_is_the_formula_for_difficulty.3F
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Osias Jota
<p>Just take a random block for example, for block 506068, <a href="https://blockchain.info/block/00000000000000000023fe1ff94fb0d9b0b380f1f82c86b1874e0dc49c3e04d5" rel="nofollow noreferrer">blockchain.info</a> shows difficulty as <code>2,603,077,300,218.59</code>, while <a href="https://live.blockcypher.com/btc/block/00000000000000000023fe1ff94fb0d9b0b380f1f82c86b1874e0dc49c3e04d5/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">blockcypher</a> shows <code>392,962,374</code>, do the explorers use a different way to calculate them, why are they different?</p>

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Why is explorers shows different difficulty values?
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# Why is explorers shows different difficulty values?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-03-10)

Just take a random block for example, for block 506068, [blockchain.info](https://blockchain.info/block/00000000000000000023fe1ff94fb0d9b0b380f1f82c86b1874e0dc49c3e04d5) shows difficulty as `2,603,077,300,218.59`, while [blockcypher](https://live.blockcypher.com/btc/block/00000000000000000023fe1ff94fb0d9b0b380f1f82c86b1874e0dc49c3e04d5/) shows `392,962,374`, do the explorers use a different way to calculate them, why are they different?

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-03-10. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

Blockcypher is not showing difficulty but difficulty target. You can see blockchain.info also show this under 'bits'.

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Read more: https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Difficulty#What_is_the_formula_for_difficulty.3F  

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