About block 909,170
Bitcoin block 909,170 was mined by ViaBTC on August 8, 2025 at 12:38 PM UTC, 6 min 56 s after block 909,169. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,561 transactions in 1.48 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0413 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1663 BTC for this block.
Block 909,170 is number 1,971 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 450; 45 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 909,215. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 140,830 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. ViaBTC found 102 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 65,702 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.