About block 14,514
Bitcoin block 14,514 was mined by Unknown on May 15, 2009 at 6:23 AM UTC, 5 min 54 s after block 14,513. 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 14,514 is number 403 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 7; 1,613 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 16,127. The next halving is at block 210,000, 195,486 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 961,498 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.