About block 908,253
Bitcoin block 908,253 was mined by AntPool on August 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM UTC, 1 min 3 s after block 908,252. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 258 transactions in 3.84 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0116 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1366 BTC for this block.
Block 908,253 is number 1,054 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 450; 962 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 909,215. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 141,747 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 66,810 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.