About block 903,653
Bitcoin block 903,653 was mined by AntPool on July 2, 2025 at 11:42 AM UTC, 23 min 2 s after block 903,652. 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 3,336 transactions in 1.46 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0424 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1674 BTC for this block.
Block 903,653 is number 486 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 1,530 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 146,347 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 200 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 71,910 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.