About block 906,229
Bitcoin block 906,229 was mined by AntPool on July 19, 2025 at 12:13 PM UTC, 4 min 54 s after block 906,228. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,695 transactions in 1.71 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 0.0246 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1496 BTC for this block.
Block 906,229 is number 1,046 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 449; 970 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 907,199. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 143,771 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 201 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 69,150 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.