Block #2,255,297
TWN0a.fb6426Discovered 8/17/2017, 6:10:44 AM · Difficulty 10.9503 · 4,537,538 confirmations
Height
#2,255,297
Difficulty
10.950302
Transactions
36
Size
13.22 KB
Version
2
Bits
0af346fe
Nonce
23,997,837
Timestamp
8/17/2017, 6:10:44 AM
Confirmations
4,537,538
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 TWN0a.fb6426 formula:
