About block 3
Bitcoin block 3 was mined by Unknown on January 9, 2009 at 3:02 AM UTC, 7 min 9 s after block 2. 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 3 is number 4 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 0; 2,012 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 2,015. The next halving is at block 210,000, 209,997 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 7 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 972,307 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.