About block 901,656
Bitcoin block 901,656 was mined by ViaBTC on June 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM UTC, 2 min 16 s after block 901,655. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,417 transactions in 1.77 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0340 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1590 BTC for this block.
Block 901,656 is number 505 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 447; 1,511 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 903,167. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 148,344 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 74,065 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.