About block 904,078
Bitcoin block 904,078 was mined by AntPool on July 5, 2025 at 4:02 AM UTC, 19 min 29 s after block 904,077. 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 2,419 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.9% 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 0.0241 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1491 BTC for this block.
Block 904,078 is number 911 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 1,105 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,922 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. AntPool found 199 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 71,453 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.