Block #2,616,216
1CC0b.9bdf4bDiscovered 4/16/2018, 8:02:36 AM · Difficulty 11.2257 · 4,179,027 confirmations
Height
#2,616,216
Difficulty
11.225700
Transactions
55
Size
104.50 KB
Version
2
Bits
0b39c77d
Nonce
1,239,379,648
Timestamp
4/16/2018, 8:02:36 AM
Confirmations
4,179,027
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 1CC0b.9bdf4b formula:
