1 hour 20 minutes block

[steeev]

what's the longest time between blocks ? blockchain now 19.28 (uk) 5/11/2013 says 1 hour 20 minutes...

[the joint]

what's the longest time between blocks ? blockchain now 19.28 (uk) 5/11/2013 says 1 hour 20 minutes...

I remember seeing 4+ and 5+ hour blocks in the past.  It happens.

[Barek]

What if everyone is mining secretly in a very selfish way?!  Rumor at Cornell has it that this is going to increase yield!

 

[steeev]

uh, forget it -lots of blocks showing up now - maybe a problem with the site...?

[Taras]

The longest time ever in between blocks was 463,160 seconds, the time between block 0 and block 1.
That's 5.36 days.

[Nikinger]

uh, forget it -lots of blocks showing up now - maybe a problem with the site...?

Yes, few hours ago when I tried to look up a Bitcoin transaction, blockchain.info lagged while blockexplorer.com was fine. Blockchain now recovered.