About block 908,678
Bitcoin block 908,678 was mined by SECPOOL on August 5, 2025 at 4:53 AM UTC, 5 min 52 s after block 908,677. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,168 transactions in 1.90 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0231 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1481 BTC for this block.
Block 908,678 is number 1,479 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 450; 537 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 909,215. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 141,322 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. SECPOOL found 39 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 66,307 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.