About block 904,006
Bitcoin block 904,006 was mined by SpiderPool on July 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM UTC, 14 min 27 s after block 904,005. 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 3,331 transactions in 1.51 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 0.0315 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1565 BTC for this block.
Block 904,006 is number 839 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 1,177 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,994 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. SpiderPool found 72 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 71,528 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.