About block 908,479
Bitcoin block 908,479 was mined by AntPool on August 3, 2025 at 11:56 PM UTC, 13 min 40 s after block 908,478. 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 2,906 transactions in 2.18 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0195 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1445 BTC for this block.
Block 908,479 is number 1,280 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 450; 736 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 909,215. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 141,521 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 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 66,569 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.