About block 905,257
Bitcoin block 905,257 was mined by AntPool on July 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM UTC, 33 min 37 s after block 905,256. 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 4,078 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0672 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1922 BTC for this block.
Block 905,257 is number 74 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 449; 1,942 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 907,199. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 144,743 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 70,194 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.