About block 904,142
Bitcoin block 904,142 was mined by ViaBTC on July 5, 2025 at 12:11 PM UTC, 16 min 36 s after block 904,141. 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 4,456 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0307 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1557 BTC for this block.
Block 904,142 is number 975 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 1,041 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,858 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 96 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 71,386 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.