About block 908,998
Bitcoin block 908,998 was mined by ViaBTC on August 7, 2025 at 9:27 AM UTC, 30 min 26 s after block 908,997. 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 4,210 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0760 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.2010 BTC for this block.
Block 908,998 is number 1,799 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 450; 217 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 909,215. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 141,002 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 100 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 65,887 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.