#807,057

Paxos $500,000 fee mistake

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Mined

9/10/2023, 5:10:01 PM

Reward

6.25 BTC

Fees

20.01 BTC

Difficulty

54,150,142,369,480

Block hash

00000000000000000003c71f775c304277b2afce5c70c557f24d5333d524a35e

00000000000000000003…c557f24d5333d524a35e

Block 807,057 collected over 20 BTC in fees when Paxos accidentally paid 19.82 BTC to move just 0.008 BTC (~$200). The fee was 481,000× the block average. F2Pool mined the block, verified the sender's identity, and returned the full amount five days later.

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