About block 909,253
Bitcoin block 909,253 was mined by ViaBTC on August 9, 2025 at 5:44 AM UTC, 32 min 18 s after block 909,252. 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 3,988 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0534 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1784 BTC for this block.
Block 909,253 is number 38 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 451; 1,978 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 911,231. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 140,747 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 65,614 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.