About block 909,596
Bitcoin block 909,596 was mined by AntPool on August 11, 2025 at 6:50 PM UTC, 15 min 34 s after block 909,595. 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 2,874 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0389 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1639 BTC for this block.
Block 909,596 is number 381 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 451; 1,635 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 911,231. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 140,404 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 193 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 65,214 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.