About block 904,438
Bitcoin block 904,438 was mined by AntPool on July 7, 2025 at 10:42 AM UTC, 23 min 37 s after block 904,437. 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 3,022 transactions in 1.39 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0390 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1640 BTC for this block.
Block 904,438 is number 1,271 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 745 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,562 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. AntPool found 200 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 71,076 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.