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Block 256,972

Found by an unknown miner 5 minutes after the block before it. Its 242 transactions paid 0.12285002 BTC in fees, 0% of the miner's reward.

, 13 years 2 months ago

What's inside

Each square is one of its 242 transactions, as big as the space it took. The miner packs the best payers first, from the top left.

Facts

Found
9 Sept 2013, 17:14 UTC
Size
149 kB14.9% full by weight
Fees
0.12285002 BTC
Reward
25.12285002 BTCnew coins plus fees
Median fee rate
38 sat/vBmost paid 10 to 194 sat/vB
Pool
Unknownthe coinbase names no pool we know
Difficulty
86.93 M

Luck. Its hash was 6.5 times lower than it needed to be: luckier than 85% of blocks.

The chain

It carries the hash of block 256,971, 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 256,973 carries this one's hash in turn.

Transactions

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

Technical details

Hash
0000000000000007a2f07a1d1d4d09175b4a43d05b30b5de3b55dc19497d5105
Previous hash
0000000000000027a97e82c7c4ad4a834c93e682b571572c75c9a06dc48c0c7b
Merkle root
f640b1af9fbf24e5ccad9e366dedfab09b828b1ee1443d5b78f9a12235509dc7
Version
0x00000002
Bits
1931679c
Nonce
2,895,215,520
Timestamp
1378746871
Median time
9 Sept 2013, 17:00 UTC
Weight
596,568 WU
Chainwork
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000dc3dc32415f290a626

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

Paid to 16YJpYpyaU3f6YsesCA8AQkNEG9RaV38ZY

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