About block 906,497
Bitcoin block 906,497 was mined by AntPool on July 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM UTC, 3 min 11 s after block 906,496. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,425 transactions in 1.73 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0165 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1415 BTC for this block.
Block 906,497 is number 1,314 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 449; 702 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 907,199. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 143,503 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 199 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 68,783 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.