About block 909,638
Bitcoin block 909,638 was mined by AntPool on August 12, 2025 at 1:31 AM UTC, 7 min 21 s after block 909,637. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,915 transactions in 1.72 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0151 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1401 BTC for this block.
Block 909,638 is number 423 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 451; 1,593 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 911,231. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 140,362 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. AntPool found 192 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 65,161 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.