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Block 259,044

Found by BTC Guild 21 minutes after the block before it. Its 1,028 transactions paid 0.50100669 BTC in fees, 2% of the miner's reward.

, 13 years 1 month ago

What's inside

Each square is one of its 1,028 transactions, as big as the space it took. The miner packs the best payers first, from the top left.

Facts

Found
20 Sept 2013, 16:17 UTC
Size
456 kB45.6% full by weight
Fees
0.50100669 BTC
Reward
25.50100669 BTCnew coins plus fees
Median fee rate
65 sat/vBmost paid 14 to 227 sat/vB
Pool
BTC Guildfrom the coinbase: a claim, not proof
Difficulty
112.63 M

Luck. Its hash only just made it under the target: luckier than 12% of blocks.

The chain

It carries the hash of block 259,043, 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 259,045 carries this one's hash in turn.

Transactions

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

Technical details

Hash
00000000000000217e7ba41cb7193e1ba3ae8423449484cd4135c758991778ce
Previous hash
00000000000000188dd576b2ec93036b462f0272a9e84d03a2fa54d3634a155b
Merkle root
5f71054ba592b026c76c8f31c39037799bda7ddcc844b11b97d0cdb0481a3be9
Version
0x00000002
Bits
19262222
Nonce
3,071,415,238
Timestamp
1379693841
Median time
20 Sept 2013, 14:59 UTC
Weight
1,824,548 WU
Chainwork
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000010c253a1c314c78e581

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

Paid to 14cZMQk89mRYQkDEj8Rn25AnGoBi5H6uer

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