About block 908,218
Bitcoin block 908,218 was mined by AntPool on August 2, 2025 at 6:49 AM UTC, 12 min 34 s after block 908,217. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 2,570 transactions in 1.95 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 0.0269 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1519 BTC for this block.
Block 908,218 is number 1,019 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 450; 997 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 909,215. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 141,782 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 189 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 66,847 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.