Block #3,423,092
2CC0a.ffffffDiscovered 11/7/2019, 8:03:55 AM · Difficulty 10.9821 · 3,372,590 confirmations
Height
#3,423,092
Difficulty
10.982111
Transactions
27
Size
6.73 KB
Version
2
Bits
0afb6ba0
Nonce
1,168,213,597
Timestamp
11/7/2019, 8:03:55 AM
Confirmations
3,372,590
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 2CC0a.ffffff formula: