About block 908,177
Bitcoin block 908,177 was mined by AntPool on August 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM UTC, 11 seconds after block 908,176. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 264 transactions in 3.82 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0105 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1355 BTC for this block.
Block 908,177 is number 978 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 450; 1,038 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 909,215. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 141,823 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 188 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 66,893 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.