About block 914,221
Bitcoin block 914,221 was mined by AntPool on September 11, 2025 at 11:27 AM UTC, 8 min 56 s after block 914,220. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,991 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% 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 0.0637 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1887 BTC for this block.
Block 914,221 is number 974 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 453; 1,042 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 915,263. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 135,779 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 207 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 59,530 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.