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Block 257,493

Found by BTC Guild 14 minutes after the block before it. Its 550 transactions paid 0.21957114 BTC in fees, 1% of the miner's reward.

, 13 years 1 month ago

What's inside

Each square is one of its 550 transactions, as big as the space it took. The miner packs the best payers first, from the top left.

Facts

Found
12 Sept 2013, 08:55 UTC
Size
228 kB22.8% full by weight
Fees
0.21957114 BTC
Reward
25.21957114 BTCnew coins plus fees
Median fee rate
54 sat/vBmost paid 14 to 194 sat/vB
Pool
BTC Guildfrom the coinbase: a claim, not proof
Difficulty
86.93 M

Luck. Its hash only just made it under the target: luckier than 13% of blocks.

The chain

It carries the hash of block 257,492, 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 257,494 carries this one's hash in turn.

Transactions

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

Technical details

Hash
000000000000002ae37ac75a028186d21296a5333db62d9f2a9b50d838bb9f8f
Previous hash
0000000000000030dd50bc4079ff6756b41c14f9ea0052925fbd54766ed5fde3
Merkle root
8513fc4645e5b27f2354a3ee0ebd3213ca31b04f7d8483611d2d41637e511ad4
Version
0x00000002
Bits
1931679c
Nonce
1,162,379,113
Timestamp
1378976114
Median time
12 Sept 2013, 07:46 UTC
Weight
910,536 WU
Chainwork
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000e6c96c5231eb7fe8f4

What the miner wrote in the block's first transaction: Mined by BTC Guild

Paid to 14cZMQk89mRYQkDEj8Rn25AnGoBi5H6uer

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