About block 904,235
Bitcoin block 904,235 was mined by ViaBTC on July 6, 2025 at 4:16 AM UTC, 46 min 3 s after block 904,234. 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 2,551 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0598 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1848 BTC for this block.
Block 904,235 is number 1,068 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 948 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,765 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. ViaBTC found 96 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 71,291 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.