About block 904,156
Bitcoin block 904,156 was mined by AntPool on July 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM UTC, 13 min 55 s after block 904,155. 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 3,214 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0356 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1606 BTC for this block.
Block 904,156 is number 989 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 1,027 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,844 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 71,372 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.