About block 906,404
Bitcoin block 906,404 was mined by AntPool on July 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM UTC, 8 min 58 s after block 906,403. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,439 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0344 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1594 BTC for this block.
Block 906,404 is number 1,221 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 449; 795 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 907,199. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 143,596 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 203 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 68,961 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.