About block 908,174
Bitcoin block 908,174 was mined by AntPool on August 1, 2025 at 11:37 PM UTC, 6 min 25 s after block 908,173. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,989 transactions in 2.38 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0294 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1544 BTC for this block.
Block 908,174 is number 975 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 450; 1,041 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 909,215. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 141,826 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 66,897 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.