About block 904,428
Bitcoin block 904,428 was mined by ViaBTC on July 7, 2025 at 9:05 AM UTC, 12 min 48 s after block 904,427. 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 2,280 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.8% 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 0.0303 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1553 BTC for this block.
Block 904,428 is number 1,261 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 755 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,572 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 95 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 71,087 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.