About block 901,697
Bitcoin block 901,697 was mined by ViaBTC on June 18, 2025 at 12:40 AM UTC, 12 min 38 s after block 901,696. 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 3,067 transactions in 1.44 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0337 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1587 BTC for this block.
Block 901,697 is number 546 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 447; 1,470 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 903,167. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 148,303 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 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 74,021 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.