About block 903,861
Bitcoin block 903,861 was mined by ViaBTC on July 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM UTC, 17 seconds after block 903,860. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 893 transactions in 1.22 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0193 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1443 BTC for this block.
Block 903,861 is number 694 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 1,322 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 146,139 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 97 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 71,678 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.