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Block #92,501

2CCLength 9★☆☆☆☆

Cunningham Chain of the Second Kind · Discovered 8/1/2013, 6:04:12 PM · Difficulty 9.2038 · 6,699,201 confirmations

2CC
Cunningham Chain of the Second Kind

A sequence where each prime is double the previous prime minus one.

Block Header
Block Hash
c707f888c79b0edc9b22eb36c87c88f02774b6bf26e4a0ad065c1461277877c9

Height

#92,501

Difficulty

9.203821

Transactions

11

Size

2.70 KB

Version

2

Bits

09342d99

Nonce

94,013

Timestamp

8/1/2013, 6:04:12 PM

Confirmations

6,699,201

Merkle Root

07199352cb0fb929d27e420cad0ebc5764afdc919ed29549796d166f7655c461
Prime Chain Origin

This is the prime chain origin stored in the block header. It is a composite number (not prime itself) — it equals the first prime in the chain multiplied by a primorial. The origin anchors the entire chain to this specific block.

1.196 × 10¹¹¹(112-digit number)
11963066443848071203…82541007887257046600
Discovered Prime Numbers
p_k = 2^k × origin + 1

These are the actual prime numbers discovered by this block, computed using the verified Primecoin formula. Each number has been independently confirmed to pass the Fermat primality test. Use the FactorDB links to verify any number independently.

1
origin + 1
1.196 × 10¹¹¹(112-digit number)
11963066443848071203…82541007887257046601
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×2−1 →
2
2^1 × origin + 1
2.392 × 10¹¹¹(112-digit number)
23926132887696142407…65082015774514093201
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×2−1 →
3
2^2 × origin + 1
4.785 × 10¹¹¹(112-digit number)
47852265775392284814…30164031549028186401
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×2−1 →
4
2^3 × origin + 1
9.570 × 10¹¹¹(112-digit number)
95704531550784569628…60328063098056372801
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×2−1 →
5
2^4 × origin + 1
1.914 × 10¹¹²(113-digit number)
19140906310156913925…20656126196112745601
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×2−1 →
6
2^5 × origin + 1
3.828 × 10¹¹²(113-digit number)
38281812620313827851…41312252392225491201
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×2−1 →
7
2^6 × origin + 1
7.656 × 10¹¹²(113-digit number)
76563625240627655702…82624504784450982401
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×2−1 →
8
2^7 × origin + 1
1.531 × 10¹¹³(114-digit number)
15312725048125531140…65249009568901964801
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×2−1 →
9
2^8 × origin + 1
3.062 × 10¹¹³(114-digit number)
30625450096251062281…30498019137803929601
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What this block proved

The miner who found this block proved the existence of 9 consecutive prime numbers forming a Cunningham Chain of the Second Kind. The prime chain origin — the large number shown above — anchors the chain and is divisible by a primorial (the product of small primes), cryptographically tying these prime numbers to this specific block.

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Rarity
CommonChain length 9
How Primecoin's Proof-of-Work Constructs These Primes

Primecoin stores a value called the prime chain origin in each block. The miner found a large integer such that when divided by a primorial (the product of small primes: 2 × 3 × 5 × 7 × …), the result is the first prime in the chain. The origin is deliberately divisible by this primorial — that divisibility is part of the proof.

Prime Chain Origin = First Prime × Primorial (2·3·5·7·11·…)
Source: Primecoin prime.cpp — CheckPrimeProofOfWork()

This is why the origin has many small prime factors — those factors are the primorial divisor. The chain then extends from the first prime using the 2CC formula:

2CC: p₁ (first prime), p₂ = 2p₁ − 1, p₃ = 2p₂ − 1, …
Verify on a Primecoin Node

Anyone running a Primecoin node can independently verify this block using the following RPC commands. Run these from the primecoin-cli command line or via the debug console in the Primecoin wallet.

1. Get block hash by height
getblockhash 92501

Returns the block hash for a given block height. Use this to confirm the hash shown above matches the chain.

2. Get full block data
getblock c707f888c79b0edc9b22eb36c87c88f02774b6bf26e4a0ad065c1461277877c9

Returns the full block header including difficulty, prime chain origin, prime chain type, transaction IDs, and all other fields shown on this page.

How to run these commands: To verify this data independently, open a terminal on your own Primecoin node and run primecoin-cli <command>. Alternatively, open the Primecoin-Qt wallet, go to Help → Debug Window → Console, and type the command directly. The node must be fully synced to this block height for the commands to return results.

Cross-reference on Chainz Explorer

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