About block 903,896
Bitcoin block 903,896 was mined by AntPool on July 4, 2025 at 12:36 AM UTC, 9 min 31 s after block 903,895. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,249 transactions in 1.76 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0248 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1498 BTC for this block.
Block 903,896 is number 729 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 1,287 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 146,104 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 198 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 71,641 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.