About block 909,227
Bitcoin block 909,227 was mined by AntPool on August 8, 2025 at 10:59 PM UTC, 3 min 16 s after block 909,226. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,844 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0388 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1638 BTC for this block.
Block 909,227 is number 12 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 451; 2,004 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 911,231. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 140,773 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 192 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 65,643 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.