About block 904,169
Bitcoin block 904,169 was mined by AntPool on July 5, 2025 at 4:56 PM UTC, 2 min 49 s after block 904,168. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,859 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0219 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1469 BTC for this block.
Block 904,169 is number 1,002 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 1,014 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,831 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 71,358 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.