About block 904,258
Bitcoin block 904,258 was mined by AntPool on July 6, 2025 at 6:56 AM UTC, 5 min 2 s after block 904,257. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,696 transactions in 1.77 MB (99.9% 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 0.0298 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1548 BTC for this block.
Block 904,258 is number 1,091 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 925 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,742 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 71,266 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.