About block 906,686
Bitcoin block 906,686 was mined by AntPool on July 22, 2025 at 12:48 PM UTC, 18 min 17 s after block 906,685. 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 3,669 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0426 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1676 BTC for this block.
Block 906,686 is number 1,503 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 449; 513 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 907,199. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 143,314 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 195 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 68,582 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.