About block 906,498
Bitcoin block 906,498 was mined by ViaBTC on July 21, 2025 at 9:08 AM UTC, 8 min 37 s after block 906,497. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,034 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% 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 0.0268 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1518 BTC for this block.
Block 906,498 is number 1,315 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 449; 701 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 907,199. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 143,502 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. ViaBTC found 97 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 68,782 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.