About block 900,042
Bitcoin block 900,042 was mined by AntPool on June 6, 2025 at 1:23 PM UTC, 16 min 12 s after block 900,041. 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 3,010 transactions in 1.70 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0472 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1722 BTC for this block.
Block 900,042 is number 907 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 446; 1,109 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 901,151. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 149,958 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 194 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 75,936 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.