About block 908,259
Bitcoin block 908,259 was mined by Unknown on August 2, 2025 at 2:57 PM UTC, 20 min 49 s after block 908,258. 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 3,693 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0455 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1705 BTC for this block.
Block 908,259 is number 1,060 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 450; 956 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 909,215. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 141,741 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. Unknown found 10 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 66,803 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.