About block 859
Bitcoin block 859 was mined by Unknown on January 18, 2009 at 12:22 AM UTC, 12 min 38 s after block 858. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny 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 859 is number 860 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 0; 1,156 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 2,015. The next halving is at block 210,000, 209,141 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 8 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 972,048 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.