About block 904,212
Bitcoin block 904,212 was mined by AntPool on July 6, 2025 at 12:39 AM UTC, 27 min 5 s after block 904,211. 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 3,159 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0388 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1638 BTC for this block.
Block 904,212 is number 1,045 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 971 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,788 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. AntPool found 199 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 71,314 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.