About block 909,657
Bitcoin block 909,657 was mined by ViaBTC on August 12, 2025 at 5:31 AM UTC, 3 min 6 s after block 909,656. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 574 transactions in 0.42 MB (22.7% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0048 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1298 BTC for this block.
Block 909,657 is number 442 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 451; 1,574 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 911,231. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 140,343 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 105 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 65,122 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.