About block 908,663
Bitcoin block 908,663 was mined by AntPool on August 5, 2025 at 2:32 AM UTC, 17 min 55 s after block 908,662. 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 2,960 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% 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 0.0276 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1526 BTC for this block.
Block 908,663 is number 1,464 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 450; 552 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 909,215. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 141,337 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 66,322 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.