About block 908,658
Bitcoin block 908,658 was mined by SpiderPool on August 5, 2025 at 1:38 AM UTC, 17 min 4 s after block 908,657. 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 3,266 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0282 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1532 BTC for this block.
Block 908,658 is number 1,459 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 450; 557 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 909,215. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 141,342 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. SpiderPool found 57 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 66,327 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.