About block 909,642
Bitcoin block 909,642 was mined by AntPool on August 12, 2025 at 2:13 AM UTC, 3 min 40 s after block 909,641. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,100 transactions in 1.72 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0140 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1390 BTC for this block.
Block 909,642 is number 427 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 451; 1,589 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 911,231. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 140,358 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 65,145 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.