About block 909,224
Bitcoin block 909,224 was mined by AntPool on August 8, 2025 at 10:43 PM UTC, 60 min 8 s after block 909,223. 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 3,693 transactions in 1.44 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 8.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.1039 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.2289 BTC for this block.
Block 909,224 is number 9 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 451; 2,007 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 911,231. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 140,776 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 192 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 65,646 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.