About block 905,698
Bitcoin block 905,698 was mined by AntPool on July 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM UTC, 7 min 32 s after block 905,697. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,059 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% 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 0.0275 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1525 BTC for this block.
Block 905,698 is number 515 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 449; 1,501 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 907,199. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 144,302 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 69,728 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.