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Block 297,499

Found by Eligius 38 minutes after the block before it. Its 2,409 transactions paid 0.45920865 BTC in fees, 2% of the miner's reward.

, 12 years 6 months ago

What's inside

Each square is one of its 2,409 transactions, as big as the space it took. The miner packs the best payers first, from the top left.

Facts

Found
24 Apr 2014, 18:24 UTC
Size
898 kB89.8% full by weight
Fees
0.45920865 BTC
Reward
25.45920865 BTCnew coins plus fees
Median fee rate
34 sat/vBmost paid 25 to 45 sat/vB
Pool
Eligiusfrom the coinbase: a claim, not proof

Luck. Its hash made it under the target with an everyday margin: luckier than 40% of blocks.

The chain

It carries the hash of block 297,498, 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 297,500 carries this one's hash in turn.

Transactions

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

Technical details

Hash
00000000000000005e1147fa2c0160a7c2e5d58825317c09a043e74683f3ae3e
Previous hash
0000000000000000291395ab1f1d9695a2bd1ea8a876d944f29df2d9a7ccaf53
Merkle root
f8342425b72c67dcfbc6d87e4fe30eec4a4d13cbc0988187b7cb79c4910b7253
Version
0x00000002
Bits
19009d8c
Nonce
3,570,816,782
Timestamp
1398363862
Median time
24 Apr 2014, 15:17 UTC
Weight
3,590,552 WU
Chainwork
000000000000000000000000000000000000000000004916bbb1799fe0245c14

What the miner wrote in the block's first transaction: Eligius /ss39/

Paid to 1RCodeej35kS9rGMG7HsbZmB4U8n6mg7D, 18d3HV2bm94UyY4a9DrPfoZ17sXuiDQq2B

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