About block 908,698
Bitcoin block 908,698 was mined by ViaBTC on August 5, 2025 at 8:30 AM UTC, 11 min 48 s after block 908,697. 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 3,103 transactions in 1.92 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0348 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1598 BTC for this block.
Block 908,698 is number 1,499 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 450; 517 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 909,215. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 141,302 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. ViaBTC found 98 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 66,285 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.