About block 906,998
Bitcoin block 906,998 was mined by SpiderPool on July 24, 2025 at 4:59 PM UTC, 8 min 24 s after block 906,997. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,961 transactions in 1.82 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 9.00 sat/vB, up from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0964 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.2214 BTC for this block.
Block 906,998 is number 1,815 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 449; 201 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 907,199. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 143,002 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. SpiderPool found 70 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 68,244 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.