About block 904,423
Bitcoin block 904,423 was mined by AntPool on July 7, 2025 at 8:37 AM UTC, 23 min 36 s after block 904,422. 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 3,330 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0402 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1652 BTC for this block.
Block 904,423 is number 1,256 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 760 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,577 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 200 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 71,092 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.