About block 908,442
Bitcoin block 908,442 was mined by AntPool on August 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM UTC, 9 min 21 s after block 908,441. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,261 transactions in 2.25 MB (98.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0185 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1435 BTC for this block.
Block 908,442 is number 1,243 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 450; 773 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 909,215. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 141,558 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 192 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 66,608 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.