About block 906,597
Bitcoin block 906,597 was mined by AntPool on July 22, 2025 at 12:40 AM UTC, 26 min 44 s after block 906,596. 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 3,024 transactions in 1.48 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0383 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1633 BTC for this block.
Block 906,597 is number 1,414 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 449; 602 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 907,199. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 143,403 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 68,678 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.