Bitcoin block #300000 was just mined today(blockchain.info)
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Bitcoin block #300000 was just mined today
https://blockchain.info/block-index/402444/000000000000000082ccf8f1557c5d40b21edabb18d2d691cfbf87118bac7254
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Not sure of the significance:
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Blocks#How_many_blocks_are_there....
Well, I guess it's a continuation of Bitcoin mining being ahead of schedule. Discussion https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5780861 and since that article is dead, here's another one http://www.dailydot.com/business/bitcoin-mining-55-years-ahe...
It's just a nice round number. The next halving of the coinbase reward is still far off.
Is there something notable about this block like a change in mining reward?
With a relatively controlled block rate of 6/hour, can't we predict when almost any block will be mined?
With a relatively controlled block rate of 6/hour, can't we predict when almost any block will be mined?
The long term averages are showing slightly more than 6 per hour. Over the short term the spacing between blocks varies pretty wildly. I sure would not want to rely on a clock powered by Bitcoin block times :-)
I'm not into Bitcoin. So could someone explain the significance of this to us laymen?
How did this manage to get to the frontpage? Wasn't there some rule that would punish articles with bitcoin? Did pg change ranking rules again?