About block 12,138
Bitcoin block 12,138 was mined by Unknown on April 25, 2009 at 3:38 AM UTC, 6 min 42 s after block 12,137. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure 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 12,138 is number 43 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 6; 1,973 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 14,111. The next halving is at block 210,000, 197,862 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 963,507 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.