Slow Oar at Greyhithe | Halvenfall
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2009, the first lightnow: the Fifth Agec. 2140, the Last Dark
975,060

Slow Oar at Greyhithe

Caught by the Tide House, led by Maudry Kell.
Block 975,060. Link 133 of Book 938 in the Fifth Age.

  • Cheap passage
  • A quick catch
  • Busier than the day
  • Passage slackens

At Greyhithe Gate the Tide House caught its link six seconds after the last, and a boatman bawling over the crowd gave the bank a new saying: Quick link, slow oar. He meant the fare still had to be rowed across, and the crowd took it up before the boat had grounded.

The block behind this link

Block
975,060
Mined by
OCEAN
Time
2026-11-08, 12:22 UTC
Since the block before
6 s
Transactions
6,911
Median fee rate
₿0.1/vB
Fees
₿285,288
Subsidy
₿312,500,000
Fees as a share of the reward
0.09%
Space taken by data (inscriptions and other marks)
88%
Coinjoins
none

What the omens mean

  • Cheap passage. Fees were low: the median fee rate was ₿0.1/vB, under ₿1.5/vB.
  • A quick catch. Found 6 s after the block before.
  • Busier than the day. 6,911 transactions, half again the last day's usual or more.
  • Passage slackens. The median fee rate (₿0.1/vB) was about half the last day's usual.
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