About block 4,015
Bitcoin block 4,015 was mined by Unknown on February 12, 2009 at 3:16 PM UTC, 5 min 19 s after block 4,014. 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 4,015 is number 2,000 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 1; 16 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 4,031. The next halving is at block 210,000, 205,985 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 20 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 970,217 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.