About block 904,145
Bitcoin block 904,145 was mined by AntPool on July 5, 2025 at 12:52 PM UTC, 21 min 53 s after block 904,144. 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 3,910 transactions in 1.56 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 0.0323 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1573 BTC for this block.
Block 904,145 is number 978 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 1,038 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,855 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. AntPool found 199 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 71,383 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.