About block 909,043
Bitcoin block 909,043 was mined by SpiderPool on August 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM UTC, 12 min 27 s after block 909,042. 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 3,802 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0493 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1743 BTC for this block.
Block 909,043 is number 1,844 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 450; 172 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 909,215. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 140,957 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. SpiderPool found 57 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 65,839 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.