About block 908,196
Bitcoin block 908,196 was mined by AntPool on August 2, 2025 at 3:43 AM UTC, 8 min 34 s after block 908,195. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,248 transactions in 2.10 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0416 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1666 BTC for this block.
Block 908,196 is number 997 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 450; 1,019 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 909,215. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 141,804 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 189 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 66,871 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.