About block 901,686
Bitcoin block 901,686 was mined by ViaBTC on June 17, 2025 at 11:30 PM UTC, 6 min 13 s after block 901,685. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,891 transactions in 1.63 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 0.0222 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1472 BTC for this block.
Block 901,686 is number 535 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 447; 1,481 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 903,167. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 148,314 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 74,033 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.