About block 908,493
Bitcoin block 908,493 was mined by AntPool on August 4, 2025 at 2:13 AM UTC, 0 seconds after block 908,492. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,238 transactions in 1.90 MB (97.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0044 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1294 BTC for this block.
Block 908,493 is number 1,294 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 450; 722 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 909,215. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 141,507 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 198 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 66,507 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.