About block 904,162
Bitcoin block 904,162 was mined by AntPool on July 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM UTC, 2 min 22 s after block 904,161. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,841 transactions in 1.78 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0198 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1448 BTC for this block.
Block 904,162 is number 995 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 1,021 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,838 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 71,366 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.