About block 908,497
Bitcoin block 908,497 was mined by ViaBTC on August 4, 2025 at 2:39 AM UTC, 8 min 8 s after block 908,496. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,222 transactions in 0.50 MB (33.3% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0087 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1337 BTC for this block.
Block 908,497 is number 1,298 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 450; 718 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 909,215. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 141,503 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. ViaBTC found 96 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 66,503 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.