Bitcoin Difficulty Adjustments
One row per Bitcoin difficulty adjustment: date, block height, new difficulty, and change versus the previous period.
Bitcoin Difficulty Adjustments is a free dataset by Aethereal with 468 rows and 4 columns covering 2009-01-03 to 2026-10-16, updated daily at 01:15 UTC and available as CSV and Parquet at https://dataset.aethereal.top/datasets/bitcoin-difficulty-adjustments.
Load it in Python
import pandas as pd
df = pd.read_csv("https://dataset.aethereal.top/files/bitcoin-difficulty-adjustments.csv")
# or, faster for large files (needs pyarrow):
# df = pd.read_parquet("https://dataset.aethereal.top/files/bitcoin-difficulty-adjustments.parquet")
print(df.head())Questions about this dataset
What is in the Bitcoin Difficulty Adjustments dataset?
One row per Bitcoin difficulty adjustment: date, block height, new difficulty, and change versus the previous period. It has 4 columns: date, height, difficulty, change_pct.
How often is Bitcoin Difficulty Adjustments updated?
Daily at 01:15 UTC. It currently has 468 rows and was last updated on 2026-10-21. It covers 2009-01-03 to 2026-10-16.
How do I download Bitcoin Difficulty Adjustments?
Download it for free, without an account, as CSV from https://dataset.aethereal.top/files/bitcoin-difficulty-adjustments.csv or as Parquet from https://dataset.aethereal.top/files/bitcoin-difficulty-adjustments.parquet. AI assistants can also query it through the MCP server at https://dataset.aethereal.top/mcp.
Can I use Bitcoin Difficulty Adjustments in my project?
License: Free for research and education.
How to cite
Aethereal (2026). Bitcoin Difficulty Adjustments [Data set]. Aethereal Data. https://dataset.aethereal.top/datasets/bitcoin-difficulty-adjustments. Accessed 2026-10-21.
Columns
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| date | date | Day (UTC). |
| height | number | Block height of the adjustment. |
| difficulty | number | New difficulty. |
| change_pct | number | Change from the previous difficulty, percent. |
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Preview latest 20 rows
| date | height | difficulty | change_pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-16 | 971,712 | 140,577,680,051,919.6 | 5.92 |
| 2026-10-03 | 969,696 | 132,716,002,350,731.3 | -0.03 |
| 2026-09-19 | 967,680 | 132,757,073,449,487.5 | 4.16 |
| 2026-09-05 | 965,664 | 127,450,789,715,843.1 | 1.31 |
| 2026-08-23 | 963,648 | 125,807,076,547,197.5 | -1.31 |
| 2026-08-08 | 961,632 | 127,479,855,693,691.4 | 0.99 |
| 2026-07-25 | 959,616 | 126,231,507,121,868.2 | -0.74 |
| 2026-07-11 | 957,600 | 127,170,500,429,035.2 | -5 |
| 2026-06-27 | 955,584 | 133,869,853,540,305.4 | 7.15 |
| 2026-06-14 | 953,568 | 124,932,866,006,548.2 | -10.09 |
| 2026-05-29 | 951,552 | 138,955,357,012,247.3 | 1.72 |
| 2026-05-15 | 949,536 | 136,607,070,854,775.1 | 3.12 |
| 2026-05-02 | 947,520 | 132,472,011,079,030.5 | -2.3 |
| 2026-04-17 | 945,504 | 135,594,876,535,256.6 | -2.43 |
| 2026-04-03 | 943,488 | 138,966,872,071,213.2 | 3.87 |
| 2026-03-20 | 941,472 | 133,793,147,307,542.8 | -7.76 |
| 2026-03-05 | 939,456 | 145,042,165,424,853.3 | 0.45 |
| 2026-02-19 | 937,440 | 144,398,401,518,100.9 | 14.73 |
| 2026-02-07 | 935,424 | 125,864,590,119,494.3 | -11.16 |
| 2026-01-22 | 933,408 | 141,668,107,417,558.2 | -3.28 |