About block 905,896
Bitcoin block 905,896 was mined by AntPool on July 17, 2025 at 4:09 AM UTC, 3 min 56 s after block 905,895. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,860 transactions in 1.83 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0307 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1557 BTC for this block.
Block 905,896 is number 713 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 449; 1,303 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 907,199. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 144,104 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 202 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 69,511 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.