About block 905,897
Bitcoin block 905,897 was mined by SpiderPool on July 17, 2025 at 4:19 AM UTC, 10 min 6 s after block 905,896. 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 3,080 transactions in 1.72 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 0.0377 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1627 BTC for this block.
Block 905,897 is number 714 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 449; 1,302 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 907,199. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 144,103 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. SpiderPool found 69 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 69,510 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.