About block 909,169
Bitcoin block 909,169 was mined by SpiderPool on August 8, 2025 at 12:31 PM UTC, 6 min 58 s after block 909,168. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,874 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, down from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0476 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1726 BTC for this block.
Block 909,169 is number 1,970 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 450; 46 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 909,215. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 140,831 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. SpiderPool found 57 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 65,703 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.