About block 909,956
Bitcoin block 909,956 was mined by ViaBTC on August 14, 2025 at 5:08 AM UTC, 1 min 4 s after block 909,955. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 702 transactions in 0.29 MB (17.6% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0032 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1282 BTC for this block.
Block 909,956 is number 741 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 451; 1,275 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 911,231. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 140,044 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. ViaBTC found 99 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 64,677 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.