About block 905,197
Bitcoin block 905,197 was mined by AntPool on July 12, 2025 at 6:27 AM UTC, 2 min 38 s after block 905,196. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,756 transactions in 1.76 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 0.0149 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1399 BTC for this block.
Block 905,197 is number 14 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 449; 2,002 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 907,199. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 144,803 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 201 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 70,257 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.