About block 906,018
Bitcoin block 906,018 was mined by AntPool on July 18, 2025 at 1:44 AM UTC, 19 min 39 s after block 906,017. 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 2,861 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0488 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1738 BTC for this block.
Block 906,018 is number 835 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 449; 1,181 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 907,199. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 143,982 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 205 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 69,377 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.