About block 905,817
Bitcoin block 905,817 was mined by AntPool on July 16, 2025 at 11:06 AM UTC, 19 min 16 s after block 905,816. 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 3,217 transactions in 1.73 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.1349 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.2599 BTC for this block.
Block 905,817 is number 634 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 449; 1,382 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 907,199. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 144,183 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 69,597 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.