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Fee Mistake4/26/2016

#409,008

The 291 BTC fee mistake

Mined
4/26/2016, 2:15:22 PM
Reward
25 BTC
Fees
291.53 BTC
Difficulty
178,678,307,671.69
Block hash

0000000000000000042450ad2be4f2b6439ed39f70716a7575440d462cf165d9

00000000000000000424…6a7575440d462cf165d9

Block 409,008 collected over 291 BTC in transaction fees when a user mistakenly set their fee equal to the transfer amount. Mining pool BitClub Network mined the block and publicly offered to return the funds, but no claimant verified ownership. Half was eventually donated to the Bitcoin Foundation.

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