block#210,000
Mined
11/28/2012, 3:24:38 PM
Reward
25 BTC
Fees
0.01 BTC
Difficulty
3,438,908,960.16
Block hash
000000000000048b95347e83192f69cf0366076336c639f9b7228e9ba171342e
000000000000048b9534…39f9b7228e9ba171342e
At block 210,000, Bitcoin's block subsidy halved for the first time from 50 BTC to 25 BTC. This event validated Bitcoin's programmed scarcity mechanism. Price was approximately $12. Many predicted miners would quit; instead, the ecosystem continued to grow.