About block 906,557
Bitcoin block 906,557 was mined by AntPool on July 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM UTC, 4 min 45 s after block 906,556. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,525 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0379 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1629 BTC for this block.
Block 906,557 is number 1,374 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 449; 642 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 907,199. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 143,443 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 197 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 68,719 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.