About block 908,243
Bitcoin block 908,243 was mined by AntPool on August 2, 2025 at 12:26 PM UTC, 31 min 57 s after block 908,242. 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 3,098 transactions in 1.85 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0686 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1936 BTC for this block.
Block 908,243 is number 1,044 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 450; 972 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 909,215. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 141,757 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 66,820 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.