About block 906,972
Bitcoin block 906,972 was mined by AntPool on July 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM UTC, 42 seconds after block 906,971. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,611 transactions in 2.02 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0060 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1310 BTC for this block.
Block 906,972 is number 1,789 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 449; 227 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 907,199. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 143,028 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 194 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 68,274 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.