About block 909,457
Bitcoin block 909,457 was mined by AntPool on August 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM UTC, 13 min 1 s after block 909,456. 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 2,993 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% 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 0.0373 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1623 BTC for this block.
Block 909,457 is number 242 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 451; 1,774 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 911,231. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 140,543 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 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 65,401 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.