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Fee Mistake11/23/2023

#818,087

Record $3 million fee mistake

Mined
11/23/2023, 9:59:58 AM
Reward
6.25 BTC
Fees
85.22 BTC
Difficulty
64,678,587,803,496.61
Block hash

0000000000000000000022d1fbfb5ea34357dc2c341b160abdf2e8c5a774f847

00000000000000000000…160abdf2e8c5a774f847

Block 818,087 set a new record for the largest dollar-denominated transaction fee in Bitcoin history. A user mistakenly paid 83.65 BTC (~$3.1 million) to transfer 55.77 BTC. AntPool mined the block, froze the fee, and eventually agreed to refund it after the sender proved ownership.

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