About block 909,696
Bitcoin block 909,696 was mined by SECPOOL on August 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM UTC, 12 min 39 s after block 909,695. 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 3,926 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 7.00 sat/vB, down from 9.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0867 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.2117 BTC for this block.
Block 909,696 is number 481 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 451; 1,535 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 911,231. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 140,304 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. SECPOOL found 39 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 65,065 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.