About block 904,397
Bitcoin block 904,397 was mined by ViaBTC on July 7, 2025 at 3:30 AM UTC, 16 min 5 s after block 904,396. 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 1,953 transactions in 1.27 MB (83.5% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0196 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1446 BTC for this block.
Block 904,397 is number 1,230 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 786 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,603 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 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 71,120 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.