About block 901,717
Bitcoin block 901,717 was mined by SpiderPool on June 18, 2025 at 4:17 AM UTC, 3 min 15 s after block 901,716. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,264 transactions in 1.42 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0181 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1431 BTC for this block.
Block 901,717 is number 566 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 447; 1,450 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 903,167. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 148,283 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. SpiderPool found 76 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 74,001 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.