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Block 256,868

Found by 50BTC 21 minutes after the block before it. Its 597 transactions paid 0.34920045 BTC in fees, 1% of the miner's reward.

, 13 years 2 months ago

What's inside

Each square is one of its 597 transactions, as big as the space it took. The miner packs the best payers first, from the top left.

Facts

Found
9 Sept 2013, 04:59 UTC
Size
249 kB24.9% full by weight
Fees
0.34920045 BTC
Reward
25.34920045 BTCnew coins plus fees
Median fee rate
105 sat/vBmost paid 52 to 221 sat/vB
Pool
50BTCfrom the coinbase: a claim, not proof
Difficulty
86.93 M

Luck. Its hash only just made it under the target: luckier than 6% of blocks.

The chain

It carries the hash of block 256,867, the block before it. Change anything in that block and its hash changes, so this one no longer fits: that is what makes the blocks a chain. Block 256,869 carries this one's hash in turn.

Transactions

In block order, the miner's reward first. 25 to a page.

Technical details

Hash
000000000000002e3ac0f3f6e7569d2b6c1ed0d348da70c865cbb80e0cc6ded9
Previous hash
000000000000001f8b7918806b8d4af905a7a43afc056662bc41102fc62ce705
Merkle root
3c10561f6eafd6902b6a687bb58c482921647d16f215bd9d2c623364fb53583b
Version
0x00000002
Bits
1931679c
Nonce
1,827,838,911
Timestamp
1378702779
Median time
9 Sept 2013, 04:15 UTC
Weight
996,268 WU
Chainwork
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000da22ddceb868eb73f6

What the miner wrote in the block's first transaction: (nothing readable)

Paid to 1JVQw1siukrxGFTZykXFDtcf6SExJVuTVE

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