About block 905,871
Bitcoin block 905,871 was mined by AntPool on July 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM UTC, 77 min 19 s after block 905,870. 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 2,794 transactions in 1.43 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 15.00 sat/vB, up from 8.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.1810 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.3060 BTC for this block.
Block 905,871 is number 688 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 449; 1,328 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 907,199. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 144,129 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 201 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 69,538 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.