Block 16998
- Hash
0000005837d4e813fafa9f811b3e1e5ca516d59a9da6133685f2703e98934558- Confirmations
- 23919
- Time
- 2026-10-07 16:13:46 UTC
- Median time
- 2026-10-07 16:05:41 UTC
- Transactions
- 1
- Size
- 342
- Weight
- 1,260
- Difficulty
- 0.0040172004
- Bits
1e00f8ed- Merkle root
40628ac4178fe28d2c11aeb4737f194c772eaa7d773b42b31c225c9692fc9656- Previous block
- 00000074490755ed1b8d9f6d6ace0b90c39a07b1975a62fdc568c8d7e3e12f5c
- Next block
- 0000009b6ec5fd4b40c273d1f5b5721b840853d33bc0622f1b9dff2a1739bea0
ML-DSA-44 block signature (M2)
M2 is an experimental rule of this test network. From a height set in its build, a node that enforces M2 accepts a block only if, besides the classical signet signature, the block carries a valid ML-DSA-44 signature by the Ark-0 block key, in its coinbase's witness commitment output. This page shows that signature; it does not check it.
Block 16998 is below the activation height 20000: nodes do not require this signature, and only log the result of checking it when run with -debug=validation. The block producer adds it from height 18000 on, so that nodes can check it before it is required.
- Status
- No ML-DSA-44 block signature in this block
Transactions
| txid | Inputs | Outputs | Amount | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40628ac4178f…5c9692fc9656 coinbase | 1 | 2 | 50 |