About block 908,197
Bitcoin block 908,197 was mined by ViaBTC on August 2, 2025 at 3:44 AM UTC, 1 min 42 s after block 908,196. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,397 transactions in 2.21 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0262 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1512 BTC for this block.
Block 908,197 is number 998 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 450; 1,018 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 909,215. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 141,803 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. ViaBTC found 95 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 66,870 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.