About block 901,740
Bitcoin block 901,740 was mined by ViaBTC on June 18, 2025 at 8:12 AM UTC, 17 min 59 s after block 901,739. 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 2,531 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0497 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1747 BTC for this block.
Block 901,740 is number 589 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 447; 1,427 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 903,167. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 148,260 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 99 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 73,974 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.