About block 908,042
Bitcoin block 908,042 was mined by AntPool on August 1, 2025 at 1:25 AM UTC, 20 min 9 s after block 908,041. 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 3,258 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0320 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1570 BTC for this block.
Block 908,042 is number 843 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 450; 1,173 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 909,215. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 141,958 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 187 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 67,032 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.