About block 904,249
Bitcoin block 904,249 was mined by SECPOOL on July 6, 2025 at 5:47 AM UTC, 3 min 20 s after block 904,248. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,853 transactions in 1.81 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 0.0176 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1426 BTC for this block.
Block 904,249 is number 1,082 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 934 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,751 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. SECPOOL found 45 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 71,277 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.