About block 908,697
Bitcoin block 908,697 was mined by AntPool on August 5, 2025 at 8:18 AM UTC, 16 min 48 s after block 908,696. 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 3,173 transactions in 2.16 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0392 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1642 BTC for this block.
Block 908,697 is number 1,498 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 450; 518 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 909,215. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 141,303 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 200 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 66,286 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.