About block 908,157
Bitcoin block 908,157 was mined by AntPool on August 1, 2025 at 9:06 PM UTC, 40 min 46 s after block 908,156. 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 3,371 transactions in 1.82 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 7.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.1013 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.2263 BTC for this block.
Block 908,157 is number 958 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 450; 1,058 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 909,215. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 141,843 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 187 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 66,914 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.