About block 4,463
Bitcoin block 4,463 was mined by Unknown on February 16, 2009 at 3:40 AM UTC, 7 min 30 s after block 4,462. 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 4,463 is number 432 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 2; 1,584 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 6,047. The next halving is at block 210,000, 205,537 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 17 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 969,976 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.