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Block 257,962

Found by BTC Guild 12 minutes after the block before it. Its 364 transactions paid 0.16799248 BTC in fees, 1% of the miner's reward.

, 13 years 1 month ago

What's inside

Each square is one of its 364 transactions, as big as the space it took. The miner packs the best payers first, from the top left.

Facts

Found
14 Sept 2013, 14:12 UTC
Size
181 kB18.1% full by weight
Fees
0.16799248 BTC
Reward
25.16799248 BTCnew coins plus fees
Median fee rate
60 sat/vBmost paid 15 to 228 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 16% of blocks.

The chain

It carries the hash of block 257,961, 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 257,963 carries this one's hash in turn.

Transactions

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

Technical details

Hash
00000000000000296efe7d6311d9bce6088048c90dffd99cc299f2581059b0da
Previous hash
000000000000001379862ad118047e4481c627d504d9cdf2cfb83b4f5c0bfb11
Merkle root
27a4e38c0bd104a9a84810397625136a18396d504cd7675db1addb035f3b4cc0
Version
0x00000002
Bits
1931679c
Nonce
3,061,804,382
Timestamp
1379167974
Median time
14 Sept 2013, 13:44 UTC
Weight
722,556 WU
Chainwork
0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000f047a2d59f1f9c92aa

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

Paid to 14cZMQk89mRYQkDEj8Rn25AnGoBi5H6uer

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