About block 905,721
Bitcoin block 905,721 was mined by AntPool on July 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM UTC, 21 min 52 s after block 905,720. 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 3,382 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0514 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1764 BTC for this block.
Block 905,721 is number 538 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 449; 1,478 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 907,199. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 144,279 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 199 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 69,704 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.