About block 904,396
Bitcoin block 904,396 was mined by ViaBTC on July 7, 2025 at 3:14 AM UTC, 7 min 9 s after block 904,395. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,603 transactions in 0.82 MB (53.2% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0107 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1357 BTC for this block.
Block 904,396 is number 1,229 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 787 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,604 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. ViaBTC found 94 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 71,121 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.