About block 908,478
Bitcoin block 908,478 was mined by AntPool on August 3, 2025 at 11:43 PM UTC, 28 min 8 s after block 908,477. 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 3,254 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0289 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1539 BTC for this block.
Block 908,478 is number 1,279 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 450; 737 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 909,215. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 141,522 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 193 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 66,570 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.