About block 904,445
Bitcoin block 904,445 was mined by SpiderPool on July 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM UTC, 9 min 20 s after block 904,444. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,538 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0275 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1525 BTC for this block.
Block 904,445 is number 1,278 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 738 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,555 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. SpiderPool found 73 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 71,068 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.