About block 904,159
Bitcoin block 904,159 was mined by ViaBTC on July 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM UTC, 4 min 17 s after block 904,158. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,198 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% 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 0.0233 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1483 BTC for this block.
Block 904,159 is number 992 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 1,024 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,841 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 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 71,369 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.