About block 904,023
Bitcoin block 904,023 was mined by SpiderPool on July 4, 2025 at 8:12 PM UTC, 9 min 20 s after block 904,022. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,138 transactions in 1.94 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0206 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1456 BTC for this block.
Block 904,023 is number 856 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 1,160 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,977 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. SpiderPool found 72 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 71,511 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.