About block 909,229
Bitcoin block 909,229 was mined by SECPOOL on August 8, 2025 at 11:08 PM UTC, 3 min 40 s after block 909,228. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,505 transactions in 1.23 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0299 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1549 BTC for this block.
Block 909,229 is number 14 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 451; 2,002 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 911,231. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 140,771 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. SECPOOL found 44 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 65,641 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.