About block 908,178
Bitcoin block 908,178 was mined by SpiderPool on August 1, 2025 at 11:54 PM UTC, 7 min 20 s after block 908,177. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,165 transactions in 2.41 MB (99.8% 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 0.0266 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1516 BTC for this block.
Block 908,178 is number 979 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 450; 1,037 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 909,215. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 141,822 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. SpiderPool found 59 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 66,892 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.