About block 904,449
Bitcoin block 904,449 was mined by AntPool on July 7, 2025 at 12:09 PM UTC, 2 min 9 s after block 904,448. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 492 transactions in 0.31 MB (21.2% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0059 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1309 BTC for this block.
Block 904,449 is number 1,282 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 448; 734 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 905,183. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 145,551 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 71,064 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.