About block 904,042
Bitcoin block 904,042 was mined by CloverPool on July 4, 2025 at 10:34 PM UTC, 11 min 51 s after block 904,041. 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 1,979 transactions in 1.38 MB (83.5% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0191 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, CloverPool earned 3.1441 BTC for this block.
Block 904,042 is number 875 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 1,141 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,958 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. CloverPool found 5 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 71,489 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.