About block 909,197
Bitcoin block 909,197 was mined by AntPool on August 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM UTC, 8 min 47 s after block 909,196. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,062 transactions in 1.59 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 0.0512 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1762 BTC for this block.
Block 909,197 is number 1,998 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 450; 18 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 909,215. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 140,803 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. AntPool found 191 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 65,674 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.