About block 11,694
Bitcoin block 11,694 was mined by Unknown on April 21, 2009 at 1:05 AM UTC, 19 min 18 s after block 11,693. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 1 transactions in 0.00 MB (0.0% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0000 BTC. With the 50.000 BTC subsidy of halving era 1, Unknown earned 50.0000 BTC for this block.
Block 11,694 is number 1,615 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 5; 401 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 12,095. The next halving is at block 210,000, 198,306 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 8 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. Unknown found 3 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 963,922 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.