block#289,400
Mined
3/7/2014, 6:29:44 PM
Reward
25 BTC
Fees
0.19 BTC
Difficulty
3,815,723,798.81
Block hash
00000000000000009058a220dad9179cf68fbe3e80ef8499a618ff4f278aa8bc
00000000000000009058…8499a618ff4f278aa8bc
On March 7, 2014, blockchain analysts spotted ~180,000 BTC moving from long-dormant wallets linked to Mt. Gox — days after the exchange claimed nearly all its bitcoins were gone. Mt. Gox later admitted finding 200,000 BTC in an old-format wallet. The movement was traceable to the 424,242 BTC proof-of-control transaction in block 132,749.
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