Bitcoin Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Notes - v1.07, by Herong Yang
Archived: blockexplorer.com - View Old Block
This section describes how to view an old Bitcoin transaction block on blockexplorer.com.
As of 2018, Bitcoin blockchain contains more than 500,000 transaction blocks. Let's try to search and view block # 500,000 on blockexplorer.com.
Go to blockexplorer.com. And search for "500000" in the search box. You should see the content of block # 500000 displayed:
Block #500000 BlockHash 00000000000000000024fb37364cbf81fd49cc2d51c09c75c35433c3a1945d04 Number Of Transactions 2701 Height 500000 (Mainchain) Block Reward 12.5 BTC Timestamp Dec 18, 2017 1:35:25 PM Mined by Merkle Root 31951c69428a95a46b517ffb0de12fec1bd0b2392aec07b64573e03ded31621f Difficulty 1873105475221.611 Bits 18009645 Size (bytes) 981404 Version 536870912 Nonce 1560058197 Transactions ------------ 1. 2157b554dcfda405233906e461ee593875ae4b1b97615872db6a25130ecc1dd6 Input: No Inputs (Newly Generated Coins) Output: 34qkc2iac6RsyxZVfyE2S5U5WcRsbg2dpK 15.89351625 BTC (S) 2. fe6c48bbfdc025670f4db0340650ba5a50f9307b091d9aaa19aa44291961c69f Input: 3FfQGY7jqsADC7uTVqF3vKQzeNPiBPTqt4 0.3467607 BTC Output: 3E5ZMVMzm4iZKAid54GeuebvBHvDkfukxh 0.34674366 BTC FEE: 0.00001704 BTC 3. 1024cb12a576b69defa67dbc2f1899700ab58e5ad3d5e058edefb907f59865bc Input: 1H1b9fN7wYYwTSweyPjE7wCGSHuduCcE2o 0.0104 BTC Input: 1FEsXvyxScHoZUfmRrKAYRstz6nmk57zEu 0.1651 BTC Output: 1LXnPYpHTwQeWfBVnQZ4yDP23b57NwoyrP 0.1745 BTC (S) FEE: 0.001 BTC ...
Below is the block # 500000 in Bitcoin blockchain displayed on blockexplorer.com:
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Bitcoin Transaction Data Structure
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