About block 908,973
Bitcoin block 908,973 was mined by WhitePool on August 7, 2025 at 5:26 AM UTC, 3 min 24 s after block 908,972. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,286 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0183 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, WhitePool earned 3.1433 BTC for this block.
Block 908,973 is number 1,774 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 450; 242 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 909,215. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 141,027 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. WhitePool found 0 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 65,981 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.