About block 904,240
Bitcoin block 904,240 was mined by Unknown on July 6, 2025 at 5:20 AM UTC, 11 min 14 s after block 904,239. 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 3,882 transactions in 1.78 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0321 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1571 BTC for this block.
Block 904,240 is number 1,073 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 943 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,760 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. Unknown found 2 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 71,286 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.