About block 908,653
Bitcoin block 908,653 was mined by AntPool on August 5, 2025 at 12:11 AM UTC, 16 seconds after block 908,652. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,181 transactions in 1.75 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0015 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1265 BTC for this block.
Block 908,653 is number 1,454 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 450; 562 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 909,215. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 141,347 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 199 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 66,334 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.