About block 905,838
Bitcoin block 905,838 was mined by AntPool on July 16, 2025 at 2:56 PM UTC, 54 seconds after block 905,837. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,121 transactions in 1.90 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0126 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1376 BTC for this block.
Block 905,838 is number 655 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 449; 1,361 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 907,199. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 144,162 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 200 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 69,573 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.