About block 908,917
Bitcoin block 908,917 was mined by ViaBTC on August 6, 2025 at 10:33 PM UTC, 17 min 13 s after block 908,916. 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 4,353 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 8.00 sat/vB, up from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0886 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.2136 BTC for this block.
Block 908,917 is number 1,718 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 450; 298 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 909,215. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 141,083 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 101 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 66,041 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.