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How Many Blocks Trigger a Difficulty Adjustment in Bitcoin?

2016 blocks. $approx 14$ days. 10 min Avg.
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How Many Blocks Trigger a Difficulty Adjustment in Bitcoin?

A difficulty adjustment in Bitcoin is triggered every 2016 blocks. Given the target block time of 10 minutes, this interval is designed to take approximately two weeks (2016 blocks $times$ 10 minutes/block = 20,160 minutes $approx$ 14 days).

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