About block 908,742
Bitcoin block 908,742 was mined by AntPool on August 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM UTC, 1 min 20 s after block 908,741. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,121 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0299 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1549 BTC for this block.
Block 908,742 is number 1,543 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 450; 473 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 909,215. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 141,258 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 66,238 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.