Block #2,225,864
1CC0a.f62b30Discovered 7/27/2017, 10:28:22 PM · Difficulty 10.9477 · 4,568,699 confirmations
Height
#2,225,864
Difficulty
10.947717
Transactions
5
Size
2.36 KB
Version
2
Bits
0af29d9c
Nonce
542,110,811
Timestamp
7/27/2017, 10:28:22 PM
Confirmations
4,568,699
Mined by
Merkle Root
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.
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.
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 1CC0a.f62b30 formula:
