About block 908,979
Bitcoin block 908,979 was mined by AntPool on August 7, 2025 at 6:44 AM UTC, 14 min 13 s after block 908,978. 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 3,076 transactions in 1.46 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0447 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1697 BTC for this block.
Block 908,979 is number 1,780 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 450; 236 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 909,215. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 141,021 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. AntPool found 194 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 65,908 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.