About block 901,397
Bitcoin block 901,397 was mined by AntPool on June 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM UTC, 11 min 41 s after block 901,396. 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 3,033 transactions in 1.84 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0239 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1489 BTC for this block.
Block 901,397 is number 246 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 447; 1,770 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 903,167. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 148,603 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 193 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 74,498 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.