About block 904,171
Bitcoin block 904,171 was mined by WhitePool on July 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM UTC, 60 min 44 s after block 904,170. 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 3,079 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 7.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.1303 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, WhitePool earned 3.2553 BTC for this block.
Block 904,171 is number 1,004 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 1,012 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,829 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. WhitePool found 1 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 71,356 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.