About block 909,231
Bitcoin block 909,231 was mined by SpiderPool on August 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM UTC, 12 min 40 s after block 909,230. 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 3,203 transactions in 1.44 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, down from 6.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0547 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1797 BTC for this block.
Block 909,231 is number 16 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 451; 2,000 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 911,231. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 140,769 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. SpiderPool found 57 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 65,638 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.