About block 902,173
Bitcoin block 902,173 was mined by AntPool on June 21, 2025 at 10:06 AM UTC, 20 min 24 s after block 902,172. 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 3,693 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.9% 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 0.0316 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1566 BTC for this block.
Block 902,173 is number 1,022 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 447; 994 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 903,167. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 147,827 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 196 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 73,507 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.