About block 908,738
Bitcoin block 908,738 was mined by AntPool on August 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM UTC, 12 min 54 s after block 908,737. 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 3,113 transactions in 1.68 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 0.0396 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1646 BTC for this block.
Block 908,738 is number 1,539 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 450; 477 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 909,215. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 141,262 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 66,242 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.