About block 906,231
Bitcoin block 906,231 was mined by ViaBTC on July 19, 2025 at 12:43 PM UTC, 14 min 40 s after block 906,230. 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 2,999 transactions in 1.70 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0429 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1679 BTC for this block.
Block 906,231 is number 1,048 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 449; 968 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 907,199. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 143,769 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. ViaBTC found 96 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 69,147 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.