About block 906,542
Bitcoin block 906,542 was mined by AntPool on July 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM UTC, 15 min 17 s after block 906,541. 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 3,852 transactions in 1.79 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0592 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1842 BTC for this block.
Block 906,542 is number 1,359 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 449; 657 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 907,199. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 143,458 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 199 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 68,737 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.