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Block 259,666

Found by BTC Guild 7 minutes after the block before it. Its 332 transactions paid 0.17597427 BTC in fees, 1% of the miner's reward.

, 13 years 1 month ago

What's inside

Each square is one of its 332 transactions, as big as the space it took. The miner packs the best payers first, from the top left.

Facts

Found
23 Sept 2013, 16:05 UTC
Size
141 kB14.1% full by weight
Fees
0.17597427 BTC
Reward
25.17597427 BTCnew coins plus fees
Median fee rate
74 sat/vBmost paid 14 to 245 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 259,665, 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 259,667 carries this one's hash in turn.

Transactions

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

Technical details

Hash
0000000000000021b8b9056f729bd1bf460e2d1a2822bb53e9ac483a2e486126
Previous hash
0000000000000019bbad4f244718fb0f6244f3aa97b1e5fa1456251c66206312
Merkle root
8db322bc5e4ddc55ca99902063f0c2a33ade2548030ecf9aaede43d4a2aeb15c
Version
0x00000002
Bits
19262222
Nonce
2,999,370,279
Timestamp
1379952343
Median time
23 Sept 2013, 15:55 UTC
Weight
562,800 WU
Chainwork
00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000011c74e43cb1e4c0f217

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

Paid to 14cZMQk89mRYQkDEj8Rn25AnGoBi5H6uer

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