About block 906,559
Bitcoin block 906,559 was mined by AntPool on July 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM UTC, 7 min 52 s after block 906,558. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,956 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, down from 6.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0521 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1771 BTC for this block.
Block 906,559 is number 1,376 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 449; 640 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 907,199. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 143,441 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 197 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 68,717 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.