About block 909,249
Bitcoin block 909,249 was mined by ViaBTC on August 9, 2025 at 4:24 AM UTC, 14 min 2 s after block 909,248. 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 3,461 transactions in 1.42 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0415 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1665 BTC for this block.
Block 909,249 is number 34 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 451; 1,982 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 911,231. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 140,751 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. ViaBTC found 100 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 65,618 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.