About block 906,406
Bitcoin block 906,406 was mined by AntPool on July 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM UTC, 11 min 26 s after block 906,405. 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 4,581 transactions in 1.54 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 0.0305 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1555 BTC for this block.
Block 906,406 is number 1,223 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 449; 793 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 907,199. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 143,594 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 68,959 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.