About block 905,898
Bitcoin block 905,898 was mined by SECPOOL on July 17, 2025 at 4:21 AM UTC, 2 min 3 s after block 905,897. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,376 transactions in 1.86 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0148 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1398 BTC for this block.
Block 905,898 is number 715 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 449; 1,301 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 907,199. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 144,102 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. SECPOOL found 48 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 69,509 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.