About block 908,501
Bitcoin block 908,501 was mined by AntPool on August 4, 2025 at 3:31 AM UTC, 14 min 54 s after block 908,500. 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 2,804 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0202 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1452 BTC for this block.
Block 908,501 is number 1,302 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 450; 714 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 909,215. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 141,499 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 66,499 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.