About block 905,956
Bitcoin block 905,956 was mined by AntPool on July 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM UTC, 8 min 42 s after block 905,955. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,844 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% 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 0.0273 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1523 BTC for this block.
Block 905,956 is number 773 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 449; 1,243 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 907,199. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 144,044 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 204 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 69,442 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.