About block 905,917
Bitcoin block 905,917 was mined by AntPool on July 17, 2025 at 7:25 AM UTC, 5 min 4 s after block 905,916. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,133 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0265 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1515 BTC for this block.
Block 905,917 is number 734 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 449; 1,282 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 907,199. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 144,083 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 203 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 69,489 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.