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Block #257,896

Overview

74 confirmations · secure
Block Height
257,896
Timestamp
Oct 24, 2026, 21:43:34 UTC (1 hr ago)
Transactions
1 transaction in this block
Block Reward
20.00000000 BTX (subsidy 20 + fees 0)
Miner
The machine has started to wonder why
Size / Weight
1.45 KB · 1,486 WU
Difficulty
29.873 K
Bits / Nonce
520237468 · 0
Block Hash
bb17b2266b46531564d0328eb8f437be4e4f63777aa8f7e1ed22b25a8f222f73
Merkle Root
8a4e1aad76e42a8ec9d6a65b6394981ddf4e1ff576831d707a4ce073af705352
Previous Block
Chainwork

Proof of Useful Work

MatMul (Mersenne-field)
Work proof size
185 B (12.45% of the block)
Transaction data
1.27 KB
MatMul digest
none
Seed A
none
Seed B
none
BTX replaces Bitcoin's SHA-256 with MatMul, a matrix multiplication over a finite field. That work proof is most of every block, so a block stays about 1 MB even when it carries a single transaction.

Transactions

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Transaction IDTypeOutputsOutput totalSize
8a4e1aad76e42a…af705352Coinbase27201.27 KB
BTX Block #257,896 · 1 transaction · Oct 24, 2026 | BTXScan