About block 908,163
Bitcoin block 908,163 was mined by AntPool on August 1, 2025 at 10:15 PM UTC, 14 min 2 s after block 908,162. 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 3,236 transactions in 2.12 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 6.00 sat/vB, up from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0715 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1965 BTC for this block.
Block 908,163 is number 964 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 450; 1,052 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 909,215. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 141,837 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 66,908 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.