About block 905,242
Bitcoin block 905,242 was mined by AntPool on July 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM UTC, 10 min 57 s after block 905,241. 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 4,567 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, down from 6.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0553 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1803 BTC for this block.
Block 905,242 is number 59 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 449; 1,957 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 907,199. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 144,758 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 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 70,209 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.