About block 905,842
Bitcoin block 905,842 was mined by WhitePool on July 16, 2025 at 3:28 PM UTC, 7 min 43 s after block 905,841. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,887 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0269 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, WhitePool earned 3.1519 BTC for this block.
Block 905,842 is number 659 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 449; 1,357 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 907,199. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 144,158 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. WhitePool found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 69,569 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.