About block 901,578
Bitcoin block 901,578 was mined by AntPool on June 17, 2025 at 1:57 AM UTC, 36 min 21 s after block 901,577. 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 4,845 transactions in 1.41 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 9.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.1163 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.2413 BTC for this block.
Block 901,578 is number 427 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 447; 1,589 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 903,167. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 148,422 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 195 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 74,293 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.