About block 908,509
Bitcoin block 908,509 was mined by WhitePool on August 4, 2025 at 4:39 AM UTC, 8 min 58 s after block 908,508. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,345 transactions in 0.53 MB (34.1% 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 0.0094 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, WhitePool earned 3.1344 BTC for this block.
Block 908,509 is number 1,310 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 450; 706 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 909,215. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 141,491 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. WhitePool found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 66,491 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.