About block 904,187
Bitcoin block 904,187 was mined by ViaBTC on July 5, 2025 at 8:51 PM UTC, 30 min 17 s after block 904,186. 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 3,754 transactions in 1.56 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 0.0451 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1701 BTC for this block.
Block 904,187 is number 1,020 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 996 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,813 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. ViaBTC found 96 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 71,340 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.