About block 914,253
Bitcoin block 914,253 was mined by AntPool on September 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM UTC, 20 min 41 s after block 914,252. 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 4,151 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0443 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1693 BTC for this block.
Block 914,253 is number 1,006 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 453; 1,010 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 915,263. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 135,747 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. AntPool found 208 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 59,510 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.