About block 906,253
Bitcoin block 906,253 was mined by AntPool on July 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM UTC, 14 min 16 s after block 906,252. 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 3,850 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, down from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0506 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1756 BTC for this block.
Block 906,253 is number 1,070 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 449; 946 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 907,199. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 143,747 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 202 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 69,123 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.