About block 908,717
Bitcoin block 908,717 was mined by AntPool on August 5, 2025 at 11:32 AM UTC, 27 seconds after block 908,716. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,191 transactions in 1.89 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0162 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1412 BTC for this block.
Block 908,717 is number 1,518 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 450; 498 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 909,215. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 141,283 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. AntPool found 200 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 66,263 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.