About block 905,598
Bitcoin block 905,598 was mined by AntPool on July 15, 2025 at 2:11 AM UTC, 2 min 43 s after block 905,597. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 716 transactions in 0.40 MB (27.3% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0072 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1322 BTC for this block.
Block 905,598 is number 415 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 449; 1,601 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 907,199. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 144,402 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 199 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 69,832 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.