About block 908,972
Bitcoin block 908,972 was mined by SpiderPool on August 7, 2025 at 5:23 AM UTC, 2 min 33 s after block 908,971. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,767 transactions in 2.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0253 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1503 BTC for this block.
Block 908,972 is number 1,773 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 450; 243 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 909,215. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 141,028 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. SpiderPool found 58 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 65,982 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.