# Has there been a big spike in difficulty in the last 24 hours?
**URL:** https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/has-there-been-a-big-spike-in-difficulty-in-the-last-24-hours/27024
**Category:** Mining
**Created:** [February 13, 2018, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/has-there-been-a-big-spike-in-difficulty-in-the-last-24-hours/27024 "2018-02-13T19:20:21Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@DanielG](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/DanielG)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2018, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/has-there-been-a-big-spike-in-difficulty-in-the-last-24-hours/27024/1 "2018-02-13T19:20:21Z")
My hash rate on the pool has dropped a fair bit. It might just be some fluctuations. Just wondering out loud.
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### Author:  [@CitricAcid](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/CitricAcid)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2018, 7:24pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/has-there-been-a-big-spike-in-difficulty-in-the-last-24-hours/27024/2 "2018-02-13T19:24:40Z")
I find I believe more when I can see the answer to my question
> **[Zcash Difficulty Chart - ZEC Difficulty](https://www.coinwarz.com/mining/zcash/difficulty-chart)**
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> The Zcash difficulty chart provides the current Zcash difficulty (ZEC diff) target as well as a historical data graph visualizing Zcash mining difficulty chart values with ZEC difficulty adjustments (both increases and decreases) defaulted to today...
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### Author:  [@DanielG](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/u/DanielG)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2018, 7:42pm UTC](https://forum.zcashcommunity.com/t/has-there-been-a-big-spike-in-difficulty-in-the-last-24-hours/27024/3 "2018-02-13T19:42:04Z")
Thanks for the link. My Data was definitely out of date.