About block 908,838
Bitcoin block 908,838 was mined by AntPool on August 6, 2025 at 8:25 AM UTC, 21 min 24 s after block 908,837. 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 3,756 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0369 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1619 BTC for this block.
Block 908,838 is number 1,639 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 450; 377 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 909,215. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 141,162 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 203 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 66,126 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.