About block 909,098
Bitcoin block 909,098 was mined by AntPool on August 8, 2025 at 12:21 AM UTC, 2 min 17 s after block 909,097. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,837 transactions in 1.78 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0083 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1333 BTC for this block.
Block 909,098 is number 1,899 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 450; 117 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 909,215. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 140,902 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 191 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 65,781 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.