About block 906,159
Bitcoin block 906,159 was mined by SpiderPool on July 19, 2025 at 1:03 AM UTC, 3 min 3 s after block 906,158. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,916 transactions in 1.94 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 0.0119 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1369 BTC for this block.
Block 906,159 is number 976 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 449; 1,040 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 907,199. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 143,841 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 71 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 69,224 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.